I want to redirect the following URLs:
From: http://www.example.com/13-articlename
TO: http://www.example.com/articlename
And I have following code:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=13
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://www.example.com/articlename [R=301,L]
In your rewrite you are expecting a querystring parameter of id
however in your example it is actually part of the URL.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule (\d+)-([^/]*) $2 [R=301,L]
(\d+)
= match any digits
-
= a hyphen
([^/]*)
= any characters except a forward slash
$2
= redirect to the second matching group - ([^/]*)
[R=301]
= use a HTTP 301 redirect (omit if you want to have it rewrite instead of redirect)
[L]
= Last rule (don't process following rules)
You can test at http://htaccess.madewithlove.be/
input url
http://www.example.com/13-articlename
output url
http://www.example.com/articlename
debugging info
1 RewriteEngine on
2 RewriteBase /
3 RewriteRule (\d+)-([^/]*) $2 [R=301,L]
This rule was met, the new url is http://www.example.com/articlename
Test are stopped, because of the R in your RewriteRule options.
A redirect will be made with status code 301