.htaccess Redirect Problem

[jason360]

Hey guys,

New to SEO and redirecting using .htaccess. After googling the problem. I can't find a way to redirect my php variable (GET) files to a new permanent (301) link. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I wanna 301 redirect:

www.mysite.com/folder/item_old.php?pid=apple

to

www.mysite.com/folder/item_new.php?pid=1

Is this even possible? Can it be redirected manually for each link considering the variables are different?

[tstolber]

Sounds like you need a conditional rewrite.

You can do a single 301 redirect for each case, but it would be much more efficient to do a conditional rewrite.

The code you will use depends a lot on your old and new structure.

[jason360]

Tstolber,

I don't mind doing a single redirect for each case, but when i try it, it doesn't work.

Here is what I tried:

redirect 301 /folder/item_old.php?pid=apple http://www.mysite.com/folder/item_new.php?pid=1

any ideas?

[jason360]

Thanks! That worked.