How to permanently redirect a url with a .htaccess file?

Question

I need to do a 301 permanent redirect from

http://www.example.com/search.php?search=samplesearch

to

http://www.example.com/used/search.php?search=samplesearch [301]

Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

I think you'll find your answer if you search stackoverflow for ' redirect htaccess 301 '. If you want to see how it's done. Use your cPanel to create a permanent redirect and then open your htaccess file with a text editor or cpanel filemanager to view the code. Then you'll know how to mod the htaccess manually if you need to.

Answer 2

Use RewriteCond with %{THE_REQUEST}

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET \/search\.php\?search=samplesearch\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /used/search.php?search=samplesearch [R=301,L]

For more information about mod_rewrite variables this site may help you: http://www.askapache.com/tools/mod_rewrite-variables-cheatsheet.html