Mod_Rewrite Trailing Slash Issue Problem/Question

Question

Hello.

I am trying to lock a client out of a PHP application I created them but, still allow them a "virtual" access to the doc root using:

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/ftp/%{REQUEST_URI} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/ftp/%{REQUEST_URI} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) /ftp/$1 [L]

This works like a charm when a user goes to: http://domain.com/dir/, but going to http://domain.com/dir causes a the browser url field to display a http://domain.com/ftp/dir/ which makes me sad.

Any ideas as to why?

Answer 1

Try removing the leading slash from the RewriteRule

RewriteRule ^(.+) ftp/$1 [L]

Answer 2

This behavior can be caused by DirectorySlash. Try to disable it.