.htaccess redirecting to 404 error

Question

Problem: I want to redirect from www.domain.com/index.php?mod=daily to www.domain.com/daily_rent

While redirecting from www.domain.com/advert.php?id=11 to www.domain.com/advert/11 works fine like this:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} advert\.php\?id=([0-9]+)\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^advert\.php$ http://www.domain.com/advert/%1? [R=301,L]

the same rule

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index\.php\?mod=daily\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.domain.com/daily_rent? [R=301,L]

redirects to www.domain.com/daily_rent and throws 404 error. What could be the reason?

UPD: Redirecting from www.domain.com/index.php?mod=daily to www.domain.com/daily_rent works fine, thanks anubhava

In that case another problem, on similar pages i have more than one query params, like this(example): www.domain.com/?mod=daily&room=1&area=bstn
so, i try use that rule

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \?mod=daily&room=([0-9]+)&area=([A-Z]+)\ HTTP/ 
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.domain.com/daily_rent/room/%1/area/%2? [R=301,L] 
RewriteRule ^daily_rent/room/([0-9]+)/area/([A-Z]+)/?$ /?mod=daily&room=$1&area=$2 [QSA,L]

what is the solution for that situation? Thanks

Answer 1

Surely you want it the other way round - to redirect /daily_rent to /index.php?mod=daily ? That would be a more common usage or mod_rewrite.

RewriteRule ^daily_rent$ /index.php?mod=daily [R=301,L]

You don't need the RewriteCond

Answer 2

Because you're missing internal rewrite rules. Try these rules:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} advert\.php\?id=([0-9]+)\s
RewriteRule ^advert\.php$ /advert/%1? [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index\.php\?mod=(daily)\s
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /%1_rent? [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^(daily)_rent/?$ /index.php?mod=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^advert/([^/]+)/?$ /advert.php?id=$1 [QSA,L]