.htaccess redirect to # anchor link

Question

Is it possible to redirect a URL to another URL ending in a hash for a page anchor link?

The # part will be hard coded, not picked up by from the browser request.

Here's what I've been trying:

RewriteRule ^birmingham/events.html /#events [R=301,NE,L]

The above just takes me to the homepage without the #events.

possible duplicate of [mod\_rewrite with anchor link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2686075/mod-rewrite-with-anchor-link) — Croises, Sep 20 '15 at 00:57
@Starkeen I've tried removing all the other rules & just having RewriteEngine On above it and after it with the same results. — Neil Nand, Sep 20 '15 at 14:05
I've tried the solution in your link @Croises but it has no affect. — Neil Nand, Sep 20 '15 at 14:06
Your rule is working fine on my apache server, did you try clearing your browser cache? — Amit Verma, Sep 20 '15 at 14:14
Can't believe how dim I've been, caching was the issue! Should I or yourself add that as an answer & accept it? — Neil Nand, Sep 20 '15 at 18:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '15 at 19:59

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The problem was, as @Starkeen said, browser caching. Once that was cleared it all worked.

answered Oct 01 '15 at 19:59

Neil Nand

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