Using question marks in mod_rewrite (query_string)

[kevin-fdc]

Hi There,

We have a website that has pages which dont exist any more and i'm trying to redirect the old link to the homepage. This works for most rules but once I include a ? in the link it doesnt work.

Due to being a new member I cant post links heh, so [link] is where im placing my link i want to be redirected too

Heres and example of a working one I have:

RewriteRule ^email-marketing\.php$ [link] [R=301,L]

Now as soon I do something like this:

RewriteRule ^index\.php\?page=contact$ [link]

it doesnt pick it up / work. I cannot find anything helpful in the log either

Ive also tried this that doesnt work:

RewriteCond ${QUERY_STRING} 	=^index.php?page=contact$
RewriteRule ^index\.php\?page=contact$	[link]

this does also not work.

Im sure i'm missing something simple here. Any help / advice would be greatly appreciated

[scathefire]

actually your last rewrite condition is not quite correct it should look more like

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} page=contact
RewriteRule ^index\.php [link] [NE,R=301]

the options at the end are adjustable YMMV. does that help any?