Redirect all page on a domain to one file

Question

Hello,

I am looking to permanently redirect all the pages on a domain to one page on the SAME domain, using htaccess/mod_rewrite.

Basically I want any page requested for the domain to return a holding page [ which is index.php] at domain.com/

most of my attempts so far are causing errors as they are throwing the server intoa loop.

Thanks in advance

.k

Answer 1

You need to exclude the destination you are redirecting to like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !^index\.php$ /index.php [L,R=301]

If you just want to redirect requests that can not be mapped to existing files in the filesystem, add this condition:

RewriteCond %{REQUST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule !^index\.php$ /index.php [L,R=301]

But you should rather respond with a 404 in that case.

Answer 2

Here's a simple implementation:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|gif|jpg|png|css|html)$ index.php

And a bit more sophisticated one:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

Both were taken from Zend Framework Zend_Controller Programmer's Reference Guide. Here's another useful doc Apache Module mod_rewrite.

Answer 3

ISR that this was asked here recently - but I can't find the q right now.

Why not just set up the 404 errorhandler to point to the holding page (and keep all other content out of the doc root)

C.

Answer 4

Thanks to all,

got it working, here it is it might be of help to others:

RewriteRule !^(index.php)|.(js|ico|gif|jpg|png|css|mp3|xml|swf)$ /index.php [L,R=301]

.k

Answer 5

Would this be the same for a html index? as all my folders are being indexed

Thanks Rory

Answer 6

Hi guys, can anyone of you tell me whatever should I use so that I can redirect all of my pages (entire website) from root/folder1/* to root/folder1/folder2/*

Also along with this I would like to redirect all the pages from root/folder3/* to root/folder1/folder2/*

please give the code(s) to be written in .htaccess and also also where to put the .htaccess file(s).

Also, there root/* is not accessible by me; i have only access to root/folder1/* and root/folder3/*

Thanks in advance..