need help w/ htaccess

[mopacfan]

I am converting a site from asp to php. I don't want to lose the indexing in the SE's and I would like to use the htaccess file to create a 301 redirect from "xyz.asp" to "xyz.php". But I have no idea how to do so.

 

[ingresman]

Best bet is to post in the Apache forum or hit google with a few queries
e.g. htaccess 301 gives

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm

scroll doen to where it says How do I implement a 301 redirect.
Hopefully this will work with dynamic pages as well as static .htm's

 

[jpadie]

nah.... why not just tell apache to send asp files through the php api? that's the easiest way of maintaining the same structure.

 

[mopacfan]

jpadie,
Exactly how would I do this? The new files are .php, no longer .asp.

 

[jpadie]

change them back to an asp suffix.
then modify your httpd.conf file to parse those file endings with php.

 

[mopacfan]

Very cool. I'll look into that to find out if I can do so. The hosting on hostgator so I don't know if I have access to the httpd.conf file. If I do, that would be fantastic.

 

[jpadie]

you can use an htaccess too.
same declaration. just add this line. you will probably need an htaccess file for each directory in which you place php files.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .asp