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Jack
Asked: 2011-01-03 19:14:45 +0800 CST

mod_ReWrite to remove part of a URL

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Someone has incorrectly linked to some of my urls causing 404 erros in Google Webmaster Tools.

Here is an example

Linked URL: http://www.example.com/foo-%E2%80%8Bbar.html

Correct URL: http://www.example.com/foor-bar.html

I would like to 301 redirect any instance of this kind of incorrect linking to the correct URL. I have tried the following but it generates 404 Errors site wide.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on    
RewriteRule ^foo-(.*)bar\.html$ http://www.example.com/foo-bar\.html? [L,R=301]

Could anyone let me know what I am doing wrong?

.htaccess http-status-code-404 mod-rewrite 301-redirect

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Well, for starters, the regex

    foo-(.*)bar\.html

    will also match "foo-bar.html", which is not good and causes a rewrite loop.

    You want this instead:

    foo-(.+)bar\.html

    And in general, the rewriterule should be:

    RewriteRule ^/foo-(.+)bar\.html$ /foo-bar.html? [L,R=301]
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  2. My suggestion is to check the Apache Rewrite log, usually located in /var/logs/apache2. This will tell you what the rewritten result is and may help you identify why this is returning 404's for you.

    You may also post the results in your log as this may help us determine the problem.

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  3. RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^foo-(.*)bar\.html$ /foo-bar.html? [L,R=301]
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