Issue with htaccess and redirecting query strings

Hi all, need some help from some experts if you please...

I had a script that created a load of thread urls with either;

?hl=

or

?-l=

on the end of them.

eg; [http:]//www.computer-juice[dot]com/forums/f10/acronyms-4474/?hl=bg

I have now dropped the script but need to 301 these to a 404 as they are now causing duplicates.

Thank you.

Hello Dave,

you can add this in .htaccess right after "RewriteEngine on":

Code:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (hl=|-l=)
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.computer-juice.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

Hi Oleg, that seems to stop the pages loading altogether.

I added it to the /forums/ htaccess.

Try to add "?" in the second line:

Code:

RewriteRule (.*) http://www.computer-juice.com/forums/$1? [L,R=301]

Perfect, that redirects to the original thread url.

Thank you so much, you never fail.

You are welcome!