[Plugin: Redirection] Bug in Regex found?

  • Hi

    I have 2 rules
    ^/2009/04/30/my-old-postname/?$
    and
    ^/en/2009/04/30/my-old-postname/?$

    Redirection for rule 1 (no language tag = german text version)
    1. /2009/04/30/my-new-postname/

    Redirection for rule 2 (english language tag)
    2. /en/2009/04/30/my-new-postname/

    Requested URL is “domain.com/en/2009/04/30/my-old-postname”, so actually rule 2 should be initiated since the request does NOT match rule 1, but match rule 2.

    However, the rediretion plugin redirects to the target of rule 1, which is the wrong target.

    Any ideas why this is going wrong????

    The closing “/?$” allows URLs with or without trailing slash, hence “/2009/04/30/my-old-postname/” and “/2009/04/30/my-old-postname” are matching. The ^ in the beginning marks the being of a string.

    Thx
    Florian

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/redirection/

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  • Thread Starter xflow

    (@xflow)

    *beginning, not being

    Thread Starter xflow

    (@xflow)

    I am waiting for an answer on my question.

    Your redirection rules look fine. I am thinking whether it is the browser cache that misled you. If you are using Firefox, you may clear the local cache at Tools > Options > Advanced > Network. I always clear local cache right after updating the rules. Hope this helps.

    Thread Starter xflow

    (@xflow)

    Hi

    I know, the browser cache is cheeky ?? I was checking my redirection rules by using FF, Chrome and IE, and even with those browsers installed on different machines. The error described above unfortunately persists :-/

    Florian

    Thread Starter xflow

    (@xflow)

    Another example:

    Old URL
    xflo.net/en/high-quality-photos/

    Rule
    Source ^/en/high-quality-photos/?$
    Target /en/portfolio/
    Regex True

    So actually /en/high-quality-photos/ should be redirected to /en/portfolio/ but it gets redirected to /portfolio/, which is the German version of the URL, not the English as originally set by the language tag /en/

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