redirectmatch question

[elyfrank]

Hi guys,

 

I have several urls that I would like to redirect using one line in my .htaccess

 

example:

 

http://www.example.com/example-1.html  redirect to http://www.example.com/1.html

 

I just pretty much want to take out the beguining (example-) of multiple urls

 

Thank you very much.

[requinix]

Then you need mod_rewrite, not Redirect or RedirectMatch.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^example-(\d+)\.html$ /$1.html [L,R]

 

[edit] I'm totally wrong: you can do it with RedirectMatch too. Check the manual page for an example how.

[elyfrank]

Requinix,

Thank you for the quick response, however for some reason this is not working for me. (it doesn't redirect)

this is my htaccess code

 

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^example-(\d+)\.html$ /$1.html [L,R]

addtype application/x-httpd-php .html

AddHandler x-httpd-php .html

AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf

[requinix]

Try

RewriteRule ^/?example-(\d+)\.html$ /$1.html [L,R]

And remove the second RewriteEngine directive - one is enough.

[elyfrank]

Nope, didn't work

[requinix]

Can I assume the .htaccess is being interpreted? In what folder is the file and what URL are you trying?

[elyfrank]

The .htaccess and the files are in the same folder.

I know the htaccess is working because all the lines above and below that are doing what they suppose to do.

[requinix]

And you're absolutely sure that you're going to http://www.example.com/example-1.html? Because I don't see anything else that could be the problem.

 

How about using a RedirectMatch then?

[elyfrank]

How can I do it with redirect match?

Thank you

 

[requinix]

The manual page I linked you to has a very simple example of how.

[elyfrank]

Requinix,

I used this

RedirectMatch (example-)*\.html$ http://www.example.com$1.html

 

And the output was:

www.example.com.html

 

At least it is recognizing the beginning of all my urls but I am missing something.

[requinix]

You are: a slash.