[EXPLAINED] About rewriting URLs that use ID-ALIAS

seabird
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8 years 9 months ago - 8 years 9 months ago #60236 by seabird

[EXPLAINED] About rewriting URLs that use ID-ALIAS was created by seabird

Hello,
I just noticed acces to incorrect url.
For example: I have a category with id= 9.
In my logs, I see attempt access to:
index.php?option=com_flexicontent&cid=9.php&view=category
index.php?option=com_flexicontent&cid=9gdgfdgfdgdg.php&view=category
index.php?option=com_flexicontent&cid=9.html&view=category
.....
All these urls launch index.php?option=com_flexicontent&cid=9&view=category and created me duplicate content when rewriting.

I want filter by htaccess with regex and I detect cid be a integer.
So I write:

Code:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}  .*(cid=.*[a-zA-Z.:;]+.*&view=category).*  [NC]
RewriteRule .* accessdenied.php [L]

Is that right ?
Thanks,
Eric

Last edit: 8 years 9 months ago by ggppdk.

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8 years 9 months ago #60256 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic About rewriting URLs that use ID-ALIAS

Hello

all URLs with any text AFTER the ID are valid
- e.g. you change the alias, the URLs will change but OLD bookmarked URLs will continue to function

you may add HTACCESS directives to rewrite them,
- but i recommended that you do not invalidate them, but directing the to the non-found 404 page

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