301 permanent redirect - all get variables

Question

I have hundreds of pages with different categories. Is it possible to write one RewriteRule for all? I want the 301 redirects to go to one page.

Example pages:

forms-category.html?category=trusts
forms-category.html?category=loans
etc..

All to redirect permanently to one page:

RewriteRule ^forms-category.html?(?:.*)$    final.html  [L,NS,R=301]

Answer 1

You can use this rule in your root .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^category=[^&]+
RewriteRule ^forms-category\.html$ /final.html? [L,NC,R=301]