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copied!<p>There are a number of things wrong with the .htaccess code generated by that website.</p> <ul> <li>The period character (<code>.</code>) should be escaped on the left hand side of RewriteRule directives - i.e. <code>\.php</code>.</li> <li>The query string isn't taken into account (This is the primary cause of your problem which I explain below).</li> <li>There's no indication of the type of redirect used. Temporary? Permanent?</li> <li>There's no <code>RewriteBase</code> directive. Not essential as <code>/</code> is taken as the default, but for readability's sake, I tend to use it.</li> </ul> <p>Rewrite directives notably take into account only the REQUEST_URI component. The below is from the <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html" rel="nofollow">mod_rewrite manual page</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>REQUEST_URI The path component of the requested URI, such as "/index.html". This notably excludes the query string which is available as as its own variable named QUERY_STRING.</p> </blockquote> <p>The following code is explained in the comments, and debugging info from here can be found below.</p> <pre><code># Enable rewrite engine http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriteengine RewriteEngine On # Sets the base URL for per-directory rewrite http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase RewriteBase / # Match the regular expression ^pname=...$ with the QUERY_STRING variable as the subject # Query string starts with pname (`^`). # Matches exactly pname=overviewvideos. # Must end with overviewvideos (`$`) RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^pname=overvidevideos$ # If the above condition is met, redirect to the 2nd parameter. # Note the escaped period (\.) # Note the status code 302 (Found, temporary) Can be 301 for permanent etc. # Note the L flag - this prevents further rules being processed if the conditions are met. (L for Last) # Note that at this stage we are back to matching the REQUEST_URI, so just allvideos.php in our regular expression. Must start and end with the string allvideos.php RewriteRule ^allvideos\.php$ allvideos.php?pname=Overview%20Videos [R=302,L] </code></pre> <p>Input URL: <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/allvideos.php?pname=overvidevideos" rel="nofollow">http://www.yoursite.com/allvideos.php?pname=overvidevideos</a></p> <pre><code>RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^pname=overvidevideos$ This condition was met RewriteRule ^allvideos\.php$ allvideos.php?pname=Overview%20Videos [R=302,L] This rule was met, the new url is http://www.yoursite.com/allvideos.php?pname=Overview%20Videos Test are stopped, because of the R in your RewriteRule options. A redirect will be made with status code 302 </code></pre> <p>Output URL: <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/allvideos.php?pname=Overview%20Videos" rel="nofollow">http://www.yoursite.com/allvideos.php?pname=Overview%20Videos</a></p> <p>To repeat the rules, you can duplicate the lines beginning RewriteCond and RewriteRule.</p>

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