Redirect URL with query string to homepage

Question

I can't figure out how to make users visiting my website using links like: mysite.com/?ref=XXXXXXX see the homepage instead of a completely blank page. I tried using htaccess but I can't figure out how to do it.

This is how my .htaccess file looks like:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^ref=(.+)$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^index.php http://mysite.com/? [L,R=301]

Answer 1

Try adding this to a .htaccess file in your document root:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^ref=(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^index.php$ /? [L,R=301,NC]

Make sure you have the mod_rewrite module installed.