(fixed) mod_rewrite to remove old default.asp references

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Marcel Reply #1, 17 years ago
Hi guys,

I’m having a little mod_rewrite trouble trying to remove "default.asp" from requests which include it in the URL to the new MODx website, due to 100s of existing backlinks. For example -
```
#New with MODx
http://www.domain.com/ 
http://www.domain.com/about/
http://www.domain.com/about/contact/

#Old with ASP, currently 404-ing
http://www.domain.com/default.asp
http://www.domain.com/about/default.asp
http://www.domain.com/about/contact/default.asp
```
The sitemap is exactly like the old website’s so removing "default.asp" across the board should do the trick, however I’m unsure where and how this should be done in the.htaccess file in addition to the MODx FURL rules. Any tips?

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Marcel Reply #2, 17 years ago

I sorted it, just made a plugin (System Event: OnPageNotFound) to strip default.asp if it exists in the URI.

$needle = "default.asp";

if (strstr($modx->documentIdentifier, $needle)) {
	$redirectURL = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . str_replace($needle, '', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
	$modx->sendRedirect($redirectURL, 0, 'REDIRECT_HEADER', 'HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
}