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I'd like to rewrite /liam to /index.php/Liam_Edwards-Playne. I've currently written this below in the appropriate .htaccess file but it is still returning a 404:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/liam$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/index.php/Liam_Edwards-Playne [NC,L]
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You shouldn't need the DOCUMENT_ROOT variable. Simply doing:

RewriteRule ^liam$ /index.php/Liam_Edwards-Playne [NC,L]

is sufficient for mod_rewrite

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+1 Just to add, %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} could perhaps be used as part of the substitution in a server (virtualhost) context, but in a directory (.htaccess) context the substitution path must be relative to the DOCUMENT_ROOT, so it should be omitted. – w3d Jan 15 at 8:18
It's not working, still getting a 404. – liamzebedee Jan 15 at 10:06
Double check that mod_rewrite is enabled. – joesk Jan 15 at 11:11
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Remove the slash at the start of the pattern. ^/liam$ becomes ^liam$. (In .htaccess files the directory prefix is removed when pattern matching.) – w3d Jan 15 at 11:41
@w3d Oops! Grumble, grumble need moar coffee, grumble. – JCL1178 Jan 15 at 16:00
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