Removing query string from 301 redirect via htaccess

Question

I want to redirect URLs like these:

http://domain1.com/video.php?id=248
domain1.com/details.php?id=4028

to

http://domain2.com/

But I'm getting the redirects as:

http://domain2.com/?id=248
http://domain2.com/?id=4028

Using the following code in my .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* http://domain2.com/ [R=301,L]

I've experimented with %{QUERY_STRING} but I get no redirect. I don't know what I'm doing. Someone please help me!

Answer 1

You need to add a ? to the end of the target to create a new (blank) query string. By default, mod_rewrite will append any existing query string unless one is explicitly created by the rule (in which case a QSA flag is needed to append it):

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* http://domain2.com/? [R=301,L]