Ubuntu LAMP on 14.04 legacy redirect dynamic querystring to static file

July 31, 2015 1.6k views
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I have a vanilla droplet Ubuntu LAMP on 14.04 serving up some static documents and html pages at mysite.com domain. I'd like to redirect one and only one old link mysite.com/?p=1055 to what is now a pdf document on the same domain mysite.com/resources/1055.pdf

I tried adding an htaccess file to www>html directory with the line Redirect 301 /?p=1055 http://mysite.com/resources/1055.pdf but that didn't work at all.

I should note that the old URL was from when the site was a wordpress site, but it isn't any longer. The current domain doesn't use querystrings.

If someone could point me in the right direction and please explain what I need to do...perhaps like i'm a child or a dog ;) It would be greatly appreciated.

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gnittr August 3, 2015

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=([0-9]*)$ 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mysite.com/resources/%1.pdf? [R=301,L]

Useful stuff:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/rewrite/remapping.html
http://iswwwup.com/t/47986b2d8d38/php-htaccess-query-string-redirect.html

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metaprinter August 12, 2015

Pardon my ignorance. How or Where do I enable these exactly on Ubuntu LAMP on 14.04? Thanks again.

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