apache rewrite .htaccess google adwords gclid

Question

I've got an url coming in as:

/index.php?/location/&gclid=287ejek22kj

This is going to a 404 page because of the gclid...

I need it to go to:

/index.php?/location

I've tried this, with no success:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)&gclid=(.*)$  $1 [L]

All help is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

This is pretty much answered in concept at least here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2111182/rewriting-url-with-selected-query-string-parameters-in-htaccess

Answer 2

I'm not sure how you're ending up with AdWords auto tagging appended to a URL without the proper structure but if you don't want the gclid parameter at all you could alway just switch off autotagging in AdWords. You shouldn't need to remove it using a rewrite rule as it's just an option that you can choose not to use.

Answer 3

Try this (you :

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /

  # Catch any Google campaigns directed to the home page
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
  RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(gclid=.*)
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/ [L,PT]

  # Everything else 

</IfModule>