On 24-May-2013, at 5:22 PM, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Joydeep Bakshi > <joydeep.bakshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello list, >> >> Greetings !! >> >> I am using {QUERY_STRING} to append a value to a particular URL. >> >> The actual url is http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?id=7&artId=7572&doi=10.5414/ALP33211 >> >> and it has to become >> >> http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?id=7&artId=7572&doi=10.5414/ALP33211&L=5 >> >> The &L=5 has to be appended >> >> Hence I have made the .htaccess rule as >> >> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^Id=7572&doi=10.5414/ALP33211$ >> RewriteRule ^/ALP33211$ /ALP33211&L=1 [R=301] > > In .htaccess, a leading slash never matches in a RewriteRule. The > path you compare to is relative to where the htaccess is, without a > leading slash. > Thanks but without the leading slash it still fails to provide the redirection. Now I have RewriteRule ^ALP33211$ /ALP33211&L=1 [R=301] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx