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genderbee
Asked: 2020-02-18 02:01:17 +0800 CST

Apache2, redirect to homepage when you visit folder with exact name

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Issue

In apache, how can I redirect to homepage in case if you will go to exact string, but everything behind this string should be displayed normally, no redirect.

Example.

http://example.com/STRING -> go to homepage
http://example.com/STRING_PAGE -> go to http://example.com/STRING_PAGE

I tried

Redirect 301 /STRING http://example.com/

But in this case page is redirected to homepage too, for example in case of http://example.com/STRING_PAGE.

Thanks.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Instead of using mod_alias and its Redirect directive, you can use mod_rewrite using a RewriteRule with a RewriteCond:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !^/STRING_PAGE [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?STRING       / [R=301,NC,L]

    This redirects all requests starting with /STRING or STRING, but not starting with /STRING_PAGE. The match for a leading slash ^/ is needed if the rule is defined in a VirtualHost context and must be omitted in a <Directory/> or .htaccess context. It's just easier to use /? to make it optional, so the rule can be used in both.

    The NC flag is used for a case-insensitive match and L stops processing any following rules.

    You need to enable mod_rewrite (sudo a2enmod rewrite) to use this.

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