.htaccess 301 redirect adds an extra slash

Question

On a site that was once migrated from .asp to .php, I used the following in the .htaccess file to ensure users following old links would end up on the right page:

RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.asp$ http://www.website.org/$1.php

I just moved the site to a new server, where requests for .asp pages now end up with an extra slash in the address, immediately before the page name:

http://www.website.org//page.php

(How) can the above .htaccess code be tweaked to eliminate that extra slash?

Answer 1

You're making an assumption that RewriteEngine On is needed for RedirectMatch but it is not. RedirectMatch is directive of mod_alias and other one is from mod_rewrite .

You can fix your code by using either of these two code:

Option 1:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+?)\.asp$ http://www.website.org/$1.php [L,NC,R=301]

Option 2:

RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+?)\.asp$ http://www.website.org/$1.php

You also need to make sure to test it after clearing your browser cache or in a new browser to avoid old browser cache.

Answer 2

Have you tried this?

RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch 301 ^.*/(.*)\.asp$ http://www.website.org/$1.php

Answer 3

Try this way:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule  ^(.*)\.asp$ http://www.website.org/$1.php [NC,R=301]