Removing the prepended directories from $1 variable in a rewrite rule

Question

I have this rewrite rule

RedirectRule ^(/arf/sites/.*)$ /docs/saf/files$1 [R=301,I,L]

When it redirects, $1 contains /arf/sites/filename.html so after the redirect, the visitor ends up at

http://domain.com/docs/saf/files/arf/sites/help/filename.html

when I was expecting them to end up at

http://domain.com/docs/saf/files/filename.html

How do I get rid of the prepended directories in $1 - or am I doing this wrong?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '14 at 10:20

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Changing the rule to

RedirectRule ^/arf/sites/(.*)$ /docs/saf/files$1 [R=301,I,L]

should solve the problem.

answered Sep 25 '14 at 10:20

Thomas Stinner

Why did that fix the issue? Is $1 filled with whatever you have in () ? – Clarkey Sep 25 '14 at 10:33
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That's correct. You can even have multiple () which lead to $2, $3 and so on. – Thomas Stinner Sep 25 '14 at 10:38

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