[EZPublish] Removing index.php from URL but keep old links working

Question

Hi all,

I'm trying to remove the index.php from the URL, which is working with the .htaccess examples found on the EZPublish site and ForceVirtualHost=true. The problem is that the old links that point to index.php are no longer working (which is problematic when linking from search engines).

I've tried to find a fix for this in using rewrite rules in .htaccess, but I can't get this to work. Some of my attempts are:

Attempt 1

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php
RewriteRule ^index\.php(.*) http://www.mysite.com$1

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

This attempt causes an infinite loop.

Attempt 2

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(index\.php)?(.*)$
RewriteRule %2 index.php [L]

RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

Also doesn't work :-(.

NB. 'RewriteRule .* index.php [L]' is necessary to make the virtual host setup in EZPublish work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Vivienne

Answer 1

Try to check the request line instead:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /index\.php
RewriteRule ^index\.php/?([^/].*)?$ /$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule !^index\.php$ index.php [L]