Apache rewrite /product/ to /products/ and index.php - apache

I've been asked to help on an ExpressionEngine site that's been developed. There is an existing .htaccess file that rewrites anything that isn't a file or directory so that it goes via index.php:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Not a file or directory (also catches index.php)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?$1 [L]
This works fine, and an example URL might be:
www.mysite.com/products/foo (plural 'products')
However, It also needs to deal with old URLs which will be in the form:
www.mysite.com/product/foo (singular 'product')
I've tried the following:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Not a file or directory (also catches index.php)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^product/(.+) /index.php/products/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?$1 [L]
Hoping that if it finds 'product' then it rewrites to 'products' via index.php and then quits, but it's not working.
At the same time, I need any incoming URL that starts:
/department/foo
to be rewritten to:
/departments/category/foo
Any help greatefully received.

You can use add a rule above your existing rule to for mapping product -> products:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^product(/.*)?$ products$1 [L,NC]
# Not a file or directory (also catches index.php)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?$1 [L]

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.htacces rewrite all to index / ignore images and css files

I use the following .htaccess file to send all my requests to the index file.
But now I would like to ignore everything that comes from the /static folder.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
So here's the thing:
- index.php
- static/
----img
--------bg.jpg
----css
--------main.css
Currently it is so that on subpages of the style and the images can no longer be loaded. And I would like to renounce the use of complete paths.
You may try this rule:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !/static/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
Using THE_REQUEST is preferred for negative conditions as THE_REQUEST variable is not overwritten with other rules.
Well, you need to add an exception, right?
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

strange redirect with url rewrite

My .htaccess file is:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?_url=$1 [QSA,L]
It works perfectly in most cases. But if the requested url exists as a real folder, it goes crazy.
For example when i request /random it is rewritten to index.php?_url=random with status code 200, but for /static (which is an existing directory on the web server) it gives a 301 redirect to /static/?_url=static
use this below code for .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
If you want to exclude existing files and directories from being rewritten, do so with a RewriteCond
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?_url=$1 [QSA,L]

Apache rewrite empty regex (root)

I've got Apache 2.4.4 running on Windows 8 laptop (WAMP server) and I found a really odd behavior of .htaccess mod_rewrite rules.
I want to redirect the root of my website to a specific file. My .htaccess looks like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule $^ /static/home.php [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ router.php?url=$1 [L,QSA]
This works only if there's no index.php file in root directory. When I create index.php file, Apache redirects empty path straight to the index file and doesn't bother with the first RewriteRule.
Is there a way to have both these RewriteRules and index.php file working together? In oher words, my example works but I want to rename router.php to index.php and keep both RewriteRules working.
Thanks!
You can just tweak your regex pattern to work in both situation:
DirectoryIndex something-else.php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ /static/home.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [L,QSA]

mod_rewrite rules in .htaccess

I want to do change my document root using rewrite rules in my .htaccess file, and also redirect all requests to index.php except static resources
In other words:
if a file with the path prepended with www exists (i.e. www/{%request_uri}):
http://domain.com/css/main.css should be rewritten to http://domain.com/www/css/main.css
if that file does not exist, redirect to the app main entry point www/index.php:
e.g.
http://domain.com should be rewritten to http://domain.com/www/index.php
http://domain.com/hello should be rewritten to http://domain.com/www/index.php/hello
http://domain.com/hello?a=1 should be rewritten to http://domain.com/www/index.php/hello?a=1
I tried variations, however either it gives us 500 internal server error, or infinite loop. Here is one that gives 500 internal server error:
# try to find it in www/
RewriteCond {%DOCUMENT_ROOT}/www%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteCond {%DOCUMENT_ROOT}/www%{REQUEST_URI} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) www/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*) www/index.php/$1 [L]
This one also:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !www/
RewriteRule (.*) /www/$1
RewriteCond {%REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond {%REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule www/(.*) /www/index.php/$1 [PT,L]
Can anyone help?
I think that's impossible with a single .htaccess but it's possible with two.
You need one in your root directory, /.htaccess:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# We don't want infinite rewriting.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !www/.*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www/$1 [L]
And another in your www directory, /www/.htaccess:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /www
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
Well actually I made a stupid mistake! The % sign should be outside of the {} bracket!
This can be done in one .htaccess in root dir:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !www/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www/$1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^www/(.*)$ www/index.php/$1 [L]

.htaccess question in association with codeigniter setup

So I am fairly noobish at .htaccess rewriting.
Currently this is my setup for my codeigniter setups:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
This works fine when I am rewriting EVERYTHING to the index.php. The problem is, I am trying to install a forum to www.site.com/forums/ and of course this doesnt work because it rewrites it to the main index.php.
Any suggestions?
Here is the CodeIgniter .htaccess that I use:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#Removes access to the system folder by users.
#Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
#previously this would not have been possible.
#'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
#When your application folder isn't in the system folder
#This snippet prevents user access to the application folder
#Submitted by: Fabdrol
#Rename 'application' to your applications folder name.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
#Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
#such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
#request to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
# Submitted by: ElliotHaughin
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>
Generally speaking, the
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
rules should prevent existing files or directories from being rewritten to index.php, but you can also duplicate the
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public.*
rule to be
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^forums.*
and it should accomplish the same goal, in your case.