redirectmatch question

Hi guys,

I have several urls that I would like to redirect using one line in my .htaccess

example:

http://www.example.com/example-1.html  redirect to http://www.example.com/1.html

I just pretty much want to take out the beguining (example-) of multiple urls

Thank you very much.

Then you need mod_rewrite, not Redirect or RedirectMatch.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^example-(\d+)\.html$ /$1.html [L,R]

[edit] I'm totally wrong: you can do it with RedirectMatch too. Check the manual page for an example how.

Requinix,

Thank you for the quick response, however for some reason this is not working for me. (it doesn't redirect)

this is my htaccess code

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^example-(\d+)\.html$ /$1.html [L,R]

addtype application/x-httpd-php .html

AddHandler x-httpd-php .html

AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf

Try

RewriteRule ^/?example-(\d+)\.html$ /$1.html [L,R]

And remove the second RewriteEngine directive - one is enough.

Nope, didn't work

Can I assume the .htaccess is being interpreted? In what folder is the file and what URL are you trying?

The .htaccess and the files are in the same folder.

I know the htaccess is working because all the lines above and below that are doing what they suppose to do.

And you're absolutely sure that you're going to http://www.example.com/example-1.html? Because I don't see anything else that could be the problem.

How about using a RedirectMatch then?

How can I do it with redirect match?

Thank you

The manual page I linked you to has a very simple example of how.

Requinix,

I used this

RedirectMatch (example-)*\.html$ http://www.example.com$1.html

And the output was:

www.example.com.html

At least it is recognizing the beginning of all my urls but I am missing something.

You are: a slash.