301. htaccess redirect not working due to regex

Question

I have a little bit of trouble with a redirect

I'd like to redirect every incoming traffic from

I am using this rule, but it does not seem to work.

RewriteRule ^\?friends\=7$ /win [R=301]

Please see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20563772/reference-mod-rewrite-url-rewriting-and-pretty-links-explained — Mike Rockétt, Jun 02 '16 at 14:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 02 '16 at 14:59

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You can't catch a query string with a RewriteRule you need to use a RewriteCond for this task:

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^friends=7$
RewriteRule ^$ /win? [L,R=301]

You can test your RewriteRule using this tool

edited Jun 02 '16 at 14:59

Amit Verma

answered Jun 02 '16 at 14:34

Florian Lemaitre

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