URL redirect with query strings - htaccess

Question

This is really bugging me, I have followed a few tutorials but just can't get anywhere. I'm trying to do a 301 redirect from:

/webpage-mackay.php?wp=Mission

to:

http://domain.org.au/webpage.php?wp=Mackay%20Mission

I have attempted writing like this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^wp=Mission$
RewriteRule ^/webpage-mackay\.php$ http://domain.org.au/webpage.php?wp=Mackay%20Mission [R=301,L]

and:

RewriteCond   %{REQUEST_URI}    ^/webpage-mackay.php$
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING}   ^wp=Mission$
RewriteRule   ^(.*)$ http://domain.org.au/webpage.php?wp=Mackay%20Mission   [R=301,L]

But the result is:

http://domain.org.au/webpage.php?wp=Mission

Am I missing something? I have used this and this as a reference

browsers may cache the 301 responses. So buggy response maybe cached. — Deadooshka, May 20 '14 at 05:44
I tried in another browser and on another server and still get the same result. — Akira Dawson, May 20 '14 at 05:48
the only reason I see is another redirect directive like `Redirect` in the config or htaccess. — Deadooshka, May 20 '14 at 05:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '14 at 08:06

I see 2 problems with your first attempt : there is no need for the leading slash in the RewriteRule, and the %20 doesn't work as "%" is a special character. Here what you can try :

# Solution 1 : with a space character in the final URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^wp=Mission$
RewriteRule ^webpage-mackay\.php$ http://domain.org.au/webpage.php?wp=Mackay\ Mission [R=301,L]

# Solution 2 : with the %20 in the final URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^wp=Mission$
RewriteRule ^webpage-mackay\.php$ http://domain.org.au/webpage.php?wp=Mackay\%20Mission [R=301,L,NE]

URL redirect with query strings - htaccess

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