.htaccess - Block one specific URL by htaccess

Question

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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.

Answer 1

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.