I'm having trouble with a redirect that I thought should be pretty simple.
Here's what I have:
redirect 301 /datatools.php https://www.newsite.com/?p=1613
However, when I type www.oldsite.com/datatools.php, it keeps taking me to www.newsitecom/datatools.php instead of the URL that I listed in the redirect.
This is how Redirect works
Then any request beginning with URL-path will return a redirect request to the client at the location of the target URL. Additional path information beyond the matched URL-path will be appended to the target URL.
This is the reason why datatools.php is appended to https://www.newsite.com/.
If you want to replace the source URL, you can try mod_rewrite or RedirectMatch, which allows to throw away all or parts of the original request URI
RedirectMatch /datatools.php https://www.newsite.com/?p=1613
When everything works as it should, you may change the status code to 301. Never test with 301.
