Clean 301 redirects using an .htaccess that also removes index.php

Question

I've got a somewhat standard .htaccess for removing index.php from my EE1 URLs:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(utm_source=.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/ [L,PT]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.+)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1&%1 [L]

What I need to do is redirect calls to a subfolder (/store) to a new subdomain (store.example.com). So I added this line at the top:

Redirect 301 /store http://store.example.com/

Unfortunately, the end result is that I get redirected to http://store.example.com//?/store/

I've tried a few variations, such as moving the line to the bottom, but nothing worked properly.

How can I do a 301 redirect (using .htaccess) without including the extra /?/store/ bit at the end?

Answer 1

Try a RedirectMatch rule and see what you get:

RedirectMatch 301 ^/store/?$ http://store.example.com

Answer 2

This is what we use to redirect a directory to a subdomain

RewriteRule ^trade* http://trade.domain.com/    [R=301,L]