.htaccess Redirect to a URL that uses a rewrite rule

Question

I have Redirect like so:

Redirect 301 /url-1 /url-2

However, /url-2 matches a rewrite like such:

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ index.php?view=$1 [QSA,L]

This is redirecting /url-1 to:

/url-2?view=url-1

How can I get this to redirect and then rewrite correctly?

Answer 1

Few suggestions:

1. Don't mix Redirect directive with mod_rewrite rules
2. Keep redirect rules before rewrite rules.
3. Skip files and directories from last rule

You can use these rules:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^url-1/? /url-2 [L,NC,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule [^/]$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [L,R=301,NE]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+?)/?$ index.php?view=$1 [QSA,L]

Remember to clear your browser cache before testing this.