By SteveTurnbull-1 on

I've read all the postings I can find on 301 redirects -- and I've used .htaccess in anger on previous projects (I even know how to use mod_rewrite properly) -- so I understand how it all works with .htaccess, but...

The site I've been asked to modify (to create localisation elements into the URL so, for example, /article/hello will become uk/article/hello or fr/article/bonjour) is huge, pages are being added constantly and there will be hundreds that need 301 redirects.

Is it feasible to do a 301 redirect by re-writing the headers inside a function that detects that an article has had its URL changed and then exiting with no output? (Rather than creating a stupidly huge .htaccess file?)

All help gratefully accepted.

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SteveTurnbull-1 commented

And the answer is yes.

Having investigated and made some enquiries on other boards -- there is nothing to stop me issuing a 301 redirect from inside Drupal and there's no need to touch .htaccess

It's just a matter of setting the headers correctly and exiting.

Steve

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gpk commented

Hi Steve, I seem to know you from the .org.uk site ...! I posted a reponse there that may be of interest.

Also, for issuing redirects yourself, note you can use http://api.drupal.org/api/function/drupal_goto/5 (with the $http_response_code argument set to 301 or whatever you want to override the default 302).

gpk
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