mod-rewrite

htaccess query_string and rewrite rule

hello guys I'm using this htaccess script to set search.php?q=sometng&type=all to search/sometng/ RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=(.*)&type=all RewriteRule ^search\.php$ /search\/%1\/? [R=301,L] it works succesfully BUT I GET 404 error! I've tried to put RewriteRule ^search/(.*)/$ search.php?q=$1&type=all it returns Attempting t...

two RewriteRules with www redirect

I have a multiple language website, that uses subdirectories from the root ('/en' for english and '/es' for spanish) for each specific language. Each redirect appends a get variable to the URL, and hides it using a 'P' flag for proxy. My current htaccess file for the spanish subfolder is: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on Rewri...

What Am I Doing Wrong on this HTACCESS file?

Someone please tell me what is wrong with this htaccess rules? RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^q=(.*)&type=downway1$ [NC] RewriteRule ^search\.php$ /search\/%1\/1\/? [R=301,NC,L] RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^q=(.*)&type=(.*)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^search\.php$ /search\/%1\/%2\/1\/? [R=301,NC,L] RewriteRule search/(.*)/(.*)/$ /search....

.htaccess: Simple Redirect - Allow only one Folder in htaccess

Hi, I see this question before and want the same thing like elmaso Hello, how can I allow only one Folder-Structure with .htaccess like that: http://www.example.com/**dynamicword**+FIXEDWORD1+FIXEDWORD2/ the dynamicword is not fix, anything else is 301: http://www.example.com/**dynamicword**+FIXEDWORD1+mistype/mistype/ --> 301 http:...

.htaccess for displaying the .html files

I have three files in a folder 'test' one.php two.php print.html And i have .htaccess file in the same folder RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /test/ RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ $1\.php [L] if we take the print.html in browser , there will be error , because of .htaccess file, for there is no 'print.php' page How can we solve it , by ...

How many rewrite rules should I expect to manage?

I'm dealing with a hosting team that is fairly skiddish of managing many rewrite rules. What are your experiences with the number of rules your sites are currently managing? I can see dozens (if not more) coming up as the site grows and contracts and need to set expectations that this isn't out of the norm. Thanks ...

htaccess Rewrite Rule duplicate - help me out please / RewriteRule ^(.*)\+apple\+fruit/$ ?q=$1 [L]

Hello, I have this code in my .htaccess: Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^(.*)\+apple\+fruit/$ ?q=$1 [L] this turns the searchquery in /keyword+apple+fruit/ thats ok.. the only problem is, if I type in /keyword+apple+fruit +any+text+haha+ apple+fruit/ the htacces is showing content - but I don't wa...

present a static page url as different url which is SEO friendly

Hi, I have developed a site, which has some static pages. Like explore, home, feedback. The link for these goes as follows website.com/views/explore.php website.com/index.php website.com/views/feedback.php I want to write a different SEO URL for each of the URL mentioned above. Is it possible ? i.e. for example website.com/views/explo...

Apache mod_rewrite driving me mad

The scenario I have a webhost that is shared among multiple sites, the directory layout looks like this: siteA/ - css/ - js/ - index.php siteB/ - css/ - js/ - index.php siteC/ . . . The DocumentRoot is at the top level, so, to access siteA, you type http://webhost/siteA in your browser, to access s...

Url rewriting : prevent to display xml

Edit : I've got an aspx file (default.aspx) that loads a flash file (index.swf), but this swf needs a xml file (foo.xml) to load correctly. However, I would like to block any request aiming directly at the xml file. Is it possible, using a rewritting engine (isapi_rewrite for example) to detect if the xml file is being 'hotlinked' or be...

mod rewrite and query strings

Hi all, I'm trying to rewrite some query strings I have in my URL like this : foo.com/index.php?page=admin&view=news&action=edit&id=3 to foo.com/admin/news/edit/3 But can't figure it out... it should also works if I only have the 'page' parameters for example, since I don't always have these 4 parameters (page,view,action,id) in m...

How to differentiate document requests from variable requests? and how to allow for urls that are not expected?

Hello. My last post was met by smarmy, unhelpful "answers" (comments), so i'll get right to it: if I have an htaccess file like so: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$...

.htaccess - RewriteRules working, but browser address bar displaying full (unfriendly) URL

Hey there, Haven't been able to find a solution to this around the net or these forums - apologise if I've missed something! My .htaccess RewriteRules are working well - have search-engine and user -friendly links in my web pages, and unfriendly database URLs running hidden in the background. Except when I added a RewriteRule to add "...

apache: basic authentication before rewrite

I have an apache in frontend that redirect a request via a rewrite rule. I have to put a basic authentication before redirect a request, so I put this in the config file: <VirtualHost *:443> ServerAdmin xxxxxx DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ ServerName xxxxxxx RewriteEngine on ErrorLog logs/error.log CustomLog logs/a...

Apache ReWrite Rule + MVC

Below is my current .htaccess file: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [PT] Currently, the rewrite rule just grabs the GET value and gives it to index.php file. So, if I have a form that logins a user the action would look like this: /user/login I am using a MVC...

RewriteCond and Alias

I have defined alias that looks like this: Alias /pictures/sm/ /var/www/my_site/data/_active_thumbnails/ Later in the VirtualHost section have: DocumentRoot /var/www/my_site/sites/www.my_site.com/htdocs RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^/thumbnails/(.*)\.(jpg|JPG) /images/stg-list-img.png [PT,L] What I'm tryin...

Single ErrorDocument directive to catch all errors (.htaccess)

Hello. Is there something like a wildcard directive to catch all possible errors and deal with them in a single custom error page? ErrorDocument 404 /error.php?code=404 ErrorDocument 403 /error.php?code=403 ... ErrorDocument NNN /error.php?code=NNN #possible use of RegExp? I know I probably won't be dealing with a lot of custom error...

Building path independent mod_rewrite statements for generic .htaccess file

Say I have three small web applications stored under a shared web root: www.example.com/app1/ www.example.com/app2/ www.example.com/app3/ www.example.com/app4/ each application has a .htaccess file containing some run-off-the-mill mod_rewrite statements to rewrite urls like RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/app1/([^/]+)/([^/]+)\.html$ Re...

.htaccess rewriting rule

I have a folder within a site that is a seperate web app than the parent. Both are working fine, but when I go to the domain.com/folder/ path, I would like it to forward me to domain.com/folder/index.htm for consistency. This is the htaccess rule I was trying, but it wasn't working for me and I am not sure what I did wrong. RewriteRule ...

Is there a better way to test or debug Mod rewrite rules other than using the browser?

It's hard for me to grasp what a rewrite is actually doing. I would like to setup some rules and then be able to throw tests at it and step through it like a debugger. ...