I do not know .htaccess so much. What i want to do is to shorten my url. I have searched on Google and found many solutions. Still none of them is working.For exmaple my url is "example.com/video?id=12345/filename". I want an url like "example.com/video/12345/filename". I have tried thisRewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^video video?id=$1 [QSA]But it is not working. Please help.
Here is my .htaccess code
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews -indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# remove .php; use THE_REQUEST to prevent infinite loops
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.php\ HTTP
RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ $1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^video/([0-9]+)/.+$ video?id=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^video/([0-9]+)/.+$ video?id=$1 [L,QSA]
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
I guess this is what you are looking for:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^video/([0-9]+)/(.+)$ video?id=$1/$2 [L,QSA]
I would however suggest that you simply drop the filename, you don't need it to deliver the file. Since you have some numerical ID you certainly have some form of database that stores the physical location of the referenced file. In that case the above would have to be changed to:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^video/([0-9]+)/ video?id=$1 [L,QSA]
And another, general hint: if possible you should always prefer to place such rules into the real host configuration of your http server. You should only fall back to .htaccess style files if that really is not possible for you, for example because you do not have access to the http server configuration. Reason is that .htaccess style files are notoriously error prone, a security risk, hard to debug and really slow the server down.
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I really need your help with this one...
I'm simply trying to redirect EVERYTHING in a directory to another. It looks simple when I read about it, but in real life, it's not working... Here is my entire .htaccess file right now:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
# Redirect all to HTTPS
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.org/$1 [R]
# End redirect
#301 REDIRECTS
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^mydir/(.*)$ /mydir-and-more/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
Fisrt, there is Wordpress stuff in didn't mess with.
Then, the code i copy/pasted from some site to redirect http to https. It works well. Note that i removed the "L" argument from the list to make sure my next rules will work.
After comes the part I'm strugling with.
So, it really is like that. My new directory starts with the same word then my old directory.
I copied this line from there: https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/redirecting-a-web-folder-directory-to-another-in-htaccess/
On the Apache web site (https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html) it says that i should use a / between ^ and mydir. Tried it, didn't work.
I tried moving Options +FollowSymLinks at the top of the file. Nothing.
When i use something like this:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/mydir/ https://example.org/mydir-and-more/
This works. But only moves the exact /mydir/ address. It doesn't move the whole directory. Also, if I type in https://example.org/mydir without the last /, it won't work. If i add the / in the Redirect match, it doesn't work anymore because its the same word!
So, here I am, totally confused! Please, any expert advise on this one? Thanks!!
You need to move you rules before the wordpress defined ones.
In fact if you try to access you site the rewrite rules elaboration stops at
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
That instruction means "manage all paths that are not already beign managed by upper rule and stop elaboration ([L] stands for last)".
You can safely place your rules above the wordpress ones, better in a ifmodule
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteRule ^/mydir/(.*)$ /mydir-and-more/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
</IfModule>
# BEGIN WordPress
Funniest thing is, I solved my problem by fooling around! I didn't really need the RewriteRule, all I needed to write instead of the RewriteRule was exactly this :
Redirect 301 /mydir https://example.org/mydir-and-more
I don't even need the Options +FollowSymLinks.
I am trying to redirect one of my urls to the parent folder using .htaccess file. I have tried the following rule
RewriteRule ^test/(.+)$ /test/ [L,R=301]
found from htaccess wildcard redirect to parent folder but it is not working (logs show too many redirects).
I also tried the other rules below but none of them worked
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/test/
RewriteRule ^(.*) /test/ [END,NC]
or
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^test/(.+)$ /test/ [L,R=301]
The OS is ubuntu server. Any help or pointers is appreciated. Please let me know if I can furnish any other details to debug. Thanks
Following should work considering the parent directory is test
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(test/).* /$1 [R=301,L]
Add this to disable MultiViews:
Options -MultiViews
The Apache docs on mod_negotiation, describes what the Multiviews Option does, when enabled:
If the
server receives a request for /some/dir/foo and /some/dir/foo does not
exist, then the server reads the directory looking for all files named
foo.*, and effectively fakes up a type map which names all those
files, assigning them the same media types and content-encodings it
would have if the client had asked for one of them by name. It then
chooses the best match to the client's requirements, and returns that
document.
Use:
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^test/(.+)$ /test/ [NC,L,R=301]
In your specific folder
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^rootFName(.*) /rFile.php [QSA,R=301,L]
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:
http://example.com/real-estate/?group=rentals
needs to go to
http://example.com/real-estate/rentals
Here's what I have in my .htaccess that isn't working:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/real-estate/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^group=rentals
RewriteRule (.*) http://example.com/real-estate/rentals/? [NC,R=301,L]
</IfModule>
This is very unusual... Typically people want the redirection the other way around....
Your code looks nearly fine, only some minor corrections. But those might be what you are missing:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/real-estate/?$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^group=rentals$
RewriteRule ^ http://example.com/real-estate/rentals [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
For this to work the rules have to either be placed directly inside the http hosts configuration, or inside a .htaccess style file in the hosts document root with enabled interpretation of such files.
And a general hint: you should always prefer to place such rules inside the http servers host configuration instead of using .htaccess style files. Those files are notoriously error prone, hard to debug and they really slow down the server. They are only provided as a last option for situations where you do not have control over the host configuration (read: really cheap hosting service providers) or if you have an application that relies on writing its own rewrite rules (which is an obvious security nightmare).
Just use this in your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^real-estate/([^/]*)$ /real-estate/?group=$1 [L]
It will leave you with the URL: http://example.com/real-estate/rentals. Make sure you clear your cache before you test this.
I'm trying to rewrite URLs for my dynamically generated PHP site.
I load new templates into index.php by using the following GET:
localhost/dmk/?req=signin
localhost/dmk/?req=useraccount
I want these links to appear as:
localhost/dmk/signin
localhost/dmk/useraccount
But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do this. Everything I try either produces a 500 Internal Server Error, or has no effect at all.
I must be missing the point of RewriteRule.
You should read some documentation in this direction. I know it's a bit frustrating at first to write the rules, but it gets easier. You need to learn regular expressions to write the rules (you can start here: http://www.regular-expressions.info/)
As for the rules you need, they go like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^signin$ index.php?req=signin [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^useraccount$ index.php?req=useraccount [L,QSA]
or
RewriteRule ^(signin|useraccount)$ index.php?res=$1 [L,QSA]
You can paste the rules you have used, maybe someone will explain you what you did wrong.
Try this
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # not a dir
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # not a file
RewriteRule ^dmk/(.+)$ dmk/?req=$1 [NC,QSA,L]
This would redirect any URL like /dmk/page that does not conflict with an existing file or directory to /dmk/?req=page. I'm assuming your index.php is in /dmk directory.
I know the basics of .htaccess, but freely admit to being a non-expert when it comes to mod_rewrite.
The problem:
I have a sqlite db file in the document root (no, I can't move it out of here) called data.sqlite. This file is accessed internally by PHP files, however, I want to protect this file from being 'downloaded' by the user typing the db URL directly into their browser.
I have used .htaccess to create pretty URLs in the past, and thought using mod_rewrite would provide a nice solution to my problem. However, my rewrite rule does not seem to prevent access.
.htaccess
Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -multiviews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,NC]
##prevent access to any file data.sqlite by redirecing back to index.php
RewriteRule ^data.sqlite$ index.php [L,NC]
##my other rules follow - not shown here
Any ideas where I'm going wrong with the rewrite?? I'm sure it is something simple?
EDIT:
Ideally, I'd like to prevent direct URL access to all files ending in .sqlite, not just data.sqlite
Here's how you do it because I have also done it:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://*.webwarecollection.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://*.webwarecollection.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(sqlite)$ - [F,NC]
About "start with ." that is not true!. File must start on ".ht" to be blocked by default on appache.
httpd disables access to files that start with a . by default. Rename your file to .data.sqlite and it will be dealt with.