using .htaccess for REST does 301 redirect

Question

I'm trying to build an extremely simple RESTful test rig for an app I'm working on. I'm using .htaccess to redirect urls to my controller script where I will parse the urls to handle the logic.

I have the redirect working, but the problem is that if I do a POST/PUT/DELETE, Firebug shows my requests going to the test rig properly, but I get a 301 redirect response and then a 2nd GET response.

How can I use htaccess for my url redirection without it sending a 301 to the browser?

This is the .htaccess I'm using now:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1

Answer 1

Try something like this:

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

This will redirect unless the file asked for exists(such as an image or CSS file). I frequently use these rules and I've never have run into a 301.

Check that your PHP script isn't changing the response to a 301.