Setting up redirects from routes.php

Question

I have a "/5minutes" url in routes.php and people keep typing in "fiveminutes". Is there a way to call a 301 redirect directly in routes.php or would I need to set up an action in my plugin (or alternatively mess with server settings)?

Answer 1

I'd try and avoid the routes.php route (pun intended). There isn't any need to get Craft involved in a redirect when your web server (Apache?) can handle it much faster.

If you're using Apache, then adding something like this to your public .htaccess file should do the trick:

RewriteRule ^fiveminutes$ /5minutes [NC,R=301,L]

Update:

Missed the part where you said this was in a plugin. In that case you'd want to setup something like this in your main plugin's class file:

public function registerCpRoutes()
{
    return array(
        'fiveminutes' => array('action' => 'myPluginController/fiveMinuteRedirect'),
   );
}

Then from your MyPluginController.php class have an actionFiveMinuteRedirect() method that simply did a permanent redirect:

`$this->redirect('5minutes', true, 301);`