mod_rewrite and the "infinite loop"

Hello,

I'm new to mod_rewrite so please bear with me...

I've created a simple rule as follows:

RewriteRule ^store/([0-9]{3,})$ /store/?itemid=$1 [L]

This rule does the job. However, I'm concerned that customers have
bookmarks to the old query string URL (eg: store/?itemid=200). I'd
like my users to use the new URL (eg: store/200) instead.

So I tried setting up a PHP redirect that forwards store/?itemid=200
to store/200, but this creates an infinite loop.

Is there anyway I can redirect old query string URLs to the new URL,
without creating an infinite loop?

Thanks,
Toine

On 20 Feb, 04:22, "Toine" <bapo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to mod_rewrite so please bear with me...
>
> I've created a simple rule as follows:
>
> RewriteRule ^store/([0-9]{3,})$ /store/?itemid=$1 [L]
>
> This rule does the job. However, I'm concerned that customers have
> bookmarks to the old query string URL (eg: store/?itemid=200). I'd
> like my users to use the new URL (eg: store/200) instead.
>
> So I tried setting up a PHP redirect that forwards store/?itemid=200
> to store/200, but this creates an infinite loop.
>
> Is there anyway I can redirect old query string URLs to the new URL,
> without creating an infinite loop?
>
> Thanks,
> Toine

do you mean that you wish all users to see the new url even if they
put in the old one:

RewriteEngine On
ReWriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} itemid=([0-9]{3,})
ReWriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !stop=yes
ReWriteRule . /store/%1/? [R=301]
ReWriteRule ^store/([0-9]{3,})/?$ /store/index.php?itemid=$1&stop=yes
[L]

muddled and if David is right, unnecessary, I'm just not quite
intelligent enough to see David's point, although he could well be
right.

On Feb 22, 1:28 pm, "shimmyshack" <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20 Feb, 04:22, "Toine" <bapo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I'm new to mod_rewrite so please bear with me...
>
> > I've created a simple rule as follows:
>
> > RewriteRule ^store/([0-9]{3,})$ /store/?itemid=$1 [L]
>
> > This rule does the job. However, I'm concerned that customers have
> > bookmarks to the old query string URL (eg: store/?itemid=200). I'd
> > like my users to use the new URL (eg: store/200) instead.
>
> > So I tried setting up a PHP redirect that forwards store/?itemid=200
> > to store/200, but this creates aninfiniteloop.
>
> > Is there anyway I can redirect old query string URLs to the new URL,
> > without creating aninfiniteloop?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Toine
>
> do you mean that you wish all users to see the new url even if they
> put in the old one:
>
> RewriteEngine On
> ReWriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} itemid=([0-9]{3,})
> ReWriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !stop=yes
> ReWriteRule . /store/%1/? [R=301]
> ReWriteRule ^store/([0-9]{3,})/?$ /store/index.php?itemid=$1&stop=yes
> [L]
>
> muddled and if David is right, unnecessary, I'm just not quite
> intelligent enough to see David's point, although he could well be
> right.

This solution works good. I never thought about using a "stop"
variable. Thanks for your assistance.