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complicated redirect - using placeholder?

BodgeIT
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9 years 2 months ago #3569 by BodgeIT

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Hi Luigi,
I've been trying so many different ways to get this redirect right and just not getting it.

I want to convert
/index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/manchester-hen-parties

to
/tcc/hen-and-stag-parties/locations/manchester-hen-party-dance-classes

I think I need to create a placeholder to remove -hen-parties to get city then add the rest is that right?

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9 years 2 months ago #3571 by BodgeIT

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Here are my placeholders so far:
path={pathltrim /index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/}
city={str_replace '-hen-parties','hen-party-dance-classes'}${path}{/str_replace}

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9 years 2 months ago #3572 by BodgeIT

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Here is my match:

^/index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/

and replace:

{scheme}://{siteurl}/tcc/hen-and-stag-parties/dance-classes/locations/${city}

Here are my placeholders so far:

path={pathltrim /index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/}
city={str_replace '-hen-parties','hen-party-dance-classes'}${path}{/str_replace}

What I'm finding is a bit inconsistent.

Sometimes the pathltrim is being used, sometimes not i.e.

/tcc/hen-and-stag-parties/dance-classes/locations//index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/nottingham-hen-party-dance-classes

/tcc/hen-and-stag-parties/dance-classes/locations/$city-hen-party-dance-classes

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9 years 2 months ago #3574 by admin

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I'm sorry this is making you crazy but happy you are playing with placeholders.

Anyway, placeholders are useful when you need to make complex transformations. In your example you have a classic one-on-one redirect:

I want to convert
/index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/manchester-hen-parties

to
/tcc/hen-and-stag-parties/locations/manchester-hen-party-dance-classes

Why do you need placeholders?

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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #3576 by BodgeIT

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Couldn't work out how else to combine pathltrim and pathrtrim(tried that first)/str_replace

I guess I could use regexp to get content after last / but regexp make my head explode

Last edit: 9 years 2 months ago by BodgeIT.

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9 years 2 months ago - 9 years 2 months ago #3577 by BodgeIT

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Also this isn't a 1on1. This is a group redirect.

Sorry I wasn't clear.

The link above is one of 40 that start /index.php/hen-parties/hen-party-cities/

I forgot that I modded the trigger url to make sure I was "triggering" the redirect because of the inconsistencies.

So I need to be able to change the first bit, grab the city name out of the second bit and then append a new string to the end.

Last edit: 9 years 2 months ago by BodgeIT.

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