Magento1.9 - How to rewrite exact url using xml

Question

I want to rewrite /custom link from /catalogsearch/result/?q=some&attr=value for this I have added below code in my module config.xml

...
<rewrite>
    <mymodule>
        <from><![CDATA[/custom/]]></from>
        <to><![CDATA[catalogsearch/result/index/q/some/attr/value/$1]]></to>
        <complete>1</complete>
    </mymodule>
</rewrite>
...

From above code url /custom showing content of search page, but the other url including custom also rewritten from above code. for example /custom-page or custom-page1.

How to rewrite exact url?

Answer 1

To override the Catalog Search controller,

I request you to use below method instead of old frontend:

<config>
  <frontend>
    <routers>
       <catalogsearch>
          <args>
            <modules>
              <yournamespace_module before="Mage_CatalogSearch">Yournamespace_Module</yournamespace_module>
            </modules>
          </args>
       </catalogsearch>
    </routers>
  </frontend>
</config>

It will redirect every request with your custom one.

hope this will work for you.