.htaccess redirect directory to a single page

Question

I want to redirect all pages from the `.com/blog` directory to the `.com/error` directory. I have searched the web, and found loads of different ways of doing it, but I want it to redirect to a single page. All the things I have tried redirect to the same file name, but in different directory. For example, `.com/blog/index.nonexisting` redirects to `.com/error/index.nonexisting`. I would like all files in the first directory to redirect to a certain file, so if you go to `.com/blog/whatever.php` it would go to `.com/error/index.php`, and if you go to `.com/blog/random.xml` you would be redirected to `.com/error/index.php`. Is there any way to do this?

Accepted Answer

Try putting this in your .htaccess:

```
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^blog/(.+) error/index.php [L,R]
```

Replace `R` with `R=301` if you want a 301 redirect, and get rid of `R` entirely if you don't want an external redirect.

.htaccess redirect directory to a single page

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