redirecting a client to another url

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:39 pm

Does anyone know how i can redirect a client currently on my site to another URL ?. I been reading a bit to try and find out how and i know it must be fairly easy but can't get a handle on how to do it.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:23 am

What exactly do you mean by "client". Just making sure so the question can be answered properly. Are you talking an IP address, a User Agent, a script, ... ?

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:31 am

Good question, both an ip address and a user agent.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:09 am

Ok, two examples for you then and these are strictly for .htaccess (means you must be using Apache and be allowed to use .htaccess by your host):

IP Address:

I will have to research more. Thought I had done this before, but apparently I have not and I cannot find as yet the appropriate way to do this.

User Agent:

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus


RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1 [R,L]

Just change the IP address to whatever you wish to forward them to. You can also forward them to a URL instead of the IP.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:27 am

Ok, here is a "Possible" for IP Address but not tested:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn


RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1 [R,L]

Where nnn are the IP address nodes that you want to trap for and you can change the 127.0.0.1 to a URL if you like or any other IP address.

Again, this is untested as I have never tried to use %{REMOTE_ADDR} before, only DENY statements.

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:56 am

Thanks Montego, i'll give that a try. Smile