Title: Redirect with query string extraction
Last modified: December 27, 2021

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# Redirect with query string extraction

 *  Resolved [Hound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houns/)
 * (@houns)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-with-query-string-extraction/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to redirect this URL:
 * `https://shop.domain.com/?liff_state=%2Fcart%2F%3Fadd-to-cart%3D1961`
 * with query string extraction on last four digits (product ID) to this destination:
 * `https://shop.domain.com/cart/?add-to-cart=1961`
 * try a lot of regex combinations but doesn’t work, could you please help?
 * liff_state\=(.*) doesn’t work either
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 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-with-query-string-extraction/#post-15198357)
 * How doesn’t it work? Can you give the exact settings you’ve used?
 * More details about regular expressions can be found here:
 * [https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/](https://redirection.me/support/redirect-regular-expressions/)
 *  Thread Starter [Hound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houns/)
 * (@houns)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-with-query-string-extraction/#post-15199765)
 * Hi,
 * here’s the set ups for regex:
 * [settings:](https://ibb.co/QDXhG9X)
 * but works with exact match URL set up,
 * [settings:](https://ibb.co/GCGGVWk)
 * Thanks,
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Hound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houns/).
 *  Plugin Author [John Godley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnny5/)
 * (@johnny5)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-with-query-string-extraction/#post-15204018)
 * Sure, your regular expression doesn’t match the whole URL and doesn’t seem to
   do the same thing as the plain redirect.
 * You don’t need the `\`.
 *  Thread Starter [Hound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houns/)
 * (@houns)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-with-query-string-extraction/#post-15204342)
 * Hi, thanks for your kind support
 * After removing the `\` the `liff_state` is gone but still get `?` after the root
   domain and duplicates directory unicode symbol.
 * [SETUP](https://ibb.co/8gMHFXD)
 *     ```
       liff_state=(.*)
       /$1/
       ```
   
 * source:
    `https://shop.domain.com/?liff_state=%2Fcart%2F`
 * redirect to
    `https://shop.domain.com/?%2F%2Fcart%2F%2F`
 * also try:
    `https://shop.domain.com/?liff_state=/cart/`
 * redirect to
    `https://shop.domain.com/?%2F%2Fcart%2F%2F`
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 *  Thread Starter [Hound](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houns/)
 * (@houns)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-with-query-string-extraction/#post-15208591)
 * found a workaround with
 * `\?liff.state=.*?add-to-cart...(.*)`
 * many thanks

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