how to redirect domain name with directory

Question

I have one project online and it on two diffrent domains 1)www.example.com and 2)www.example.co.in. now, I want to redirect

www.example.co.in/category/

to

www.example.com/ceramic+industry/

And I want to redirect it through .htaccess or from server. I tried from server that only redirect domain name not directory, and also tried from .htaccess where I can redirect only domain or only directory not when both domain and directory combine. My project in php. So, you can give advise if it's possible in php also.

Answer 1

You can try this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^your.first.domain$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://your.second.domain/$1 [R,L]

This will redirect, if your request contains existing directory name.

Answer to your comment. You can try this:

RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_FINISH} !^$
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^company=(.*)\_(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1?company=%1+%2 [R,L,E=FINISH:1]

First two lines allow you to prevent infinite loop redirect.

Answer 2

Add following rule in .htaccess (placed at root of website www.example.co.in):

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ceramic+industry/$1 [L,R=301]

or use 302 for temporary redirects.

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IF you also want to redirect whole .co.in website to .com THEN add next line(remember in .com website's .htaccess these two Rules should not be there.)

RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ceramic+industry/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

If for any reason you are bound to use same .htaccess on both site then use condition like this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ceramic+industry/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

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Solution to your another query:

This can be done by PHP. As I guessed all URL after category/ is handled by one PHP page.

in that PHP page code this at top:

if(isset($_GET['company'])){
   $company=$_GET['company'];
   $companyNew=str_replace('_','+',$company);
   if($company!=$companyNew){
      header("location:/category/?company="+$companyNew,true,301);
      //header("location:/ceramic+industry/?company="+$companyNew,true,301);
      exit;
   }
}