Problem creating 301 redirect if URL contains a question mark "?"

[Triton]

Hello,

Can someone help me create a 301 redirect?

I'm trying to use cPanel to create a 301 redirect. The problem is that the URL I want to redirect from contains a question mark "?" which confuses cPanel.

For example I want to redirect from
h t t p://www.mydomain.com/index.php?option=component....
to
h t t p://www.mydomain.com/

Because the original URL contains a ? cPanel ignores what's after the ? and creates a redirect
from
h t t p://www.mydomain.com/index.php
to
h t t p://www.mydomain.com/

How can I solve this problem?

Thank you

[Catherine]

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[Silvestercom]

Hello,

looks like you using some application on your site like joomla/wordpress if so these applications come with redirect plugins which you can use to manage your redirection:


Joomla Redirection plugin :


Wordpress Redirection plugin :


If you are using custom script then you can use htaccess but if the URL is dynamic and generated from Database in that case you might need to manage redirection mapping via database only.

Thanks,
Silvester J

[NickJ]

Hello,

If you are running joomla on your website, then there are Search Engine Optimization friendly plugins available for Joomla which will help you with clean urls.

Else, you can use following rule .htaccess file with will help to redirect h t t p ://www.mydomain.com/index.php?option=component to h t t p://www.mydomain.com/index.php

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index.php /index.php?option=component.... [NC]

[DavidAllen]

Else, you can use following rule .htaccess file with will help to redirect h t t p ://www.mydomain.com/index.php?option=component to h t t p://www.mydomain.com/index.php

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index.php /index.php?option=component.... [NC]

Wouldn't that do the opposite of what was required? ie redirect index.php to index.php?option=component (and incidentally it would redirect indexGphp as well cos the . should be escaped.

Something like this would do the trick

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index\.php\?option=component /index.php [NC]