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Help with RewriteRule

I need the proper Apache RewriteRule to do the following:

Current URL:
http://www.domain.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=N&Product_Code=LXH_GTLAT8390-10

needs to be permanently redirected to:
http://www.domain.com/LXH_GTLAT8390-10.html

Basically I need what comes immediately after the words "Product_Code" to become the name of the file.

Thanks for your help

Robin Hickmott

What re you trting to do?

Redirect the long domain to the short (guessing so) If so then

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^merchant\.mvc.*Product_Code=(.*)$ /$1.html [r]

Or the short to the long which would be

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(*.)\.html$ /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=N&Product_Code=$1 [r]

HackneyCab

Try the following in a .htaccess file for the top-level directory:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} Product_Code=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)
RewriteRule ^mm5/merchant.mvc$ %1.html [R=301]

Let me know if that does not work.

merimax

ASKER

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} Product_Code=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)
RewriteRule ^mm5/merchant.mvc$ %1.html [R=301]

This works great but it copies the query string. How do I stop it from copying the query string?

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merimax

ASKER

That did it! Thank you.

HackneyCab

Does it show the question mark, or is Apache smart?

merimax

ASKER

Apache is smart. It does not show the question mark.

HackneyCab

Excellent. (Cue Mr. Burns' finger-tremble.)