Redirecting to an URL with query string [moved]

[DeadManWalking]

When I try to redirect using some query strings such as:

www.domain1.com redirects to -> www.domain2.com/index.php?referrer=domain1

Page returns a 404 Not found error because '?' is encoded to '%3f' :
www.domain2.com/index.php%3freferrer=domain1

Is there any solution to this?

thank you.

[rustelekom]

you cannot redirect url with query string in url using standard cpanel redirect menu. you should look into mod_rewrite technique for realize your requirements. it's not very hard and can done by editing .htaccess file in your web folder. mod_rewrite examples can be found by google.

[danman]

I tried to edit the .htaccess file and it did not work. This is the first .htaccess file I have ever edited. Well the edit I did below did not work. Does anyone have any ideas what is wrong? This was a guess edit so to speak, I followed the format of the other redirect that was existing in the .htaccess file prior to any editing.


Also, why does these query urls not work in cPanel redirects?



**** Old ".htaccess" file ***

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.allaroundweb.com
AuthUserFile /home/aaweb/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/aaweb/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp




RedirectMatch temp ^/portal/$ http://allaroundi.com/
*** EOF ***

**** New ".htaccess" file ***

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.allaroundweb.com
AuthUserFile /home/aaweb/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/aaweb/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp




RedirectMatch temp ^/portal/$ http://allaroundi.com/

RedirectMatch temp ^/faqs/$ http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3
*** EOF ***

I changed that last line to

Redirect /faqs http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3

then

Redirect /faqs "http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3"

This is close, but it puts a / at the end

http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3/
Thank you,

danman

[danman]

I think I have another way of doing this. I would still like to know why this did not work. Any insight would be apreciated.

danman

[AndyReed]

RedirectMatch temp ^/portal/$ http://allaroundi.com/

RedirectMatch temp ^/faqs/$ http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3
*** EOF ***

I changed that last line to

Redirect /faqs http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3
then
Redirect /faqs "http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3"

This is close, but it puts a / at the end

http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3/

If /faqs is a directory with files in it:

RedirectMatch ^/faqs/.*$ "http://allaroundweb.com/forum/index.php?c=3"