Block one specific URL by htaccess

Question

I could not find the solution to this question. Maybe I used the wrong search terms? (htaccess block url, htaccess block single url, block specific url htaccess, ...) I have a page with a URL like this: `https://www.mathelounge.de/40224/redaktionelle-frage-wann-antwort-wann-lediglich-kommentar` I would like to block this URL because different bots (and humans). I have tried the following rules within htaccess: ``` RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^40224\/$ [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F] ``` without success.

Accepted Answer

When someone requests:

```
https://www.mathelounge.de/40224/redaktionelle-frage-wann-antwort-wann-lediglich-kommentar
```

The `%{REQUEST_URI}` variable is:

```
/40224/redaktionelle-frage-wann-antwort-wann-lediglich-kommentar
```

And the regex `^40224\/$` will never match that. In fact, you don't even need a `RewriteCond` in this instance, just put the pattern in the rule:

```
RewriteRule ^40224/redaktionelle-frage-wann-antwort-wann-lediglich-kommentar$ - [F]
```

Note that the pattern in the rule itself doesn't lead with a `/`, it's because for the rule, it's stripped off, but for the `%{REQUEST_URI}` var, it's preserved.

Block one specific URL by htaccess

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