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Rewrite only external requests to a certain URL

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The no subrequest flag ([NS]) will skip rules on internal sub-requests.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =example.com
RewriteRule ^/?blah/(.*{]) http://something.example.com/$1 [NS,L]

outis 2010-04-06 01:07:49

"This webpage has a redirect loop." Nope :(

Cyclone 2010-04-06 01:14:52

I added these flags to my rule: [R,L,QSA,NS]

Cyclone 2010-04-06 01:18:13

@Cyclone: what other rewrite rules do you have? Since the above rule redirects from "example.com" to "something.example.com", it won't create a loop on its own. Also, it creates an external redirect. You don't need [R] because the substitution is an absolute URL. You don't need [QSA] since you're not setting a query string.

outis 2010-04-06 01:33:29

I got it working for http://example.com/blah/something, but when I add a / on to try the redirect it fails

Cyclone 2010-04-06 01:34:31

@Cyclone: where are you adding the slash?

outis 2010-04-06 01:39:44

The rule, because right now all I have is a redirect for example.com/blah/something, I still need it to work for example.com/blah/something/ and anything after the last /

Cyclone 2010-04-06 01:40:37

@Cyclone: obviously it's in the rewrite rule, but where precisely in the rule? Show me the rules you have; edit your question and post them there.

outis 2010-04-06 04:10:10

http://pastebin.cyclonehost.info/?paste=299 It is a bit confusing in there. Password is the name of this site, but all lowercase. `#Old format` is where I am having troubles.

Cyclone 2010-04-06 14:59:26

@Cyclone: at this point, you're asking a new question (something like "how can I produce canonical URLs without redirect cycles?"), so you should open a new one. Make sure you include your rewrite configuration in your new question, rather than simply posting a link to it.

outis 2010-04-06 21:40:51

Alright, I'll probably open a new question if I have not figured it out by then. I'm not seeing any reason why it would loop, but clearly there is an issue. Thank you for your help!

Cyclone 2010-04-06 23:48:32

@Cyclone: look to your external redirects.

outis 2010-04-07 00:00:01

I fixed it actually, I just added a condition to check for domain being the root domain and it worked.

Cyclone 2010-04-07 00:19:17

@Cyclone: excellent. On another note, the pastebin-ed configuration could be simplified in other ways. I might post as a comment here a pastebin link to a partial rewrite, if I have a little spare time.

outis 2010-04-07 00:44:28

I know it is confusing and a little more complex than it should be, but I have to support links to the older versions. I will probably do a full rewrite of the file, for efficiency, but unless these rewrites induce lag I think I will be fine. I am not going to make any major changes to my system at this point.

Cyclone 2010-04-07 01:03:54

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