mod_rewrite is a URL rewriting module for the Apache web server. It is commonly used for so-called "pretty" URLs because of its ability to redirect on the server side (transparent to clients and their browsers), but also provides the power and flexibility to perform various request handling tasks ...
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Redirecting a CSS file based on .htaccess rules
I'm trying to hack the css files on OSTicket by replacing them with my own custom ones when a specific URL is accessed. The URL that is accessed for this example is ...
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How to use .htaccess to show smarter URLs
I'd like to ask how can I call the page www.domain.com/index.php?page=somepage and make the browser show the user in the URL bar the address www.domain.com/somepage/? How do I do that trick?
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Need to remove www for only one sub directory from a domain
I have a domain like www.example.com. I need to remove www. from specified sub folder by using a .htaccess file.
Example :
www.example.com/blog should redirect to example.com
All other sub ...
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2answers
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getting 500 intenal error when setting 301 redirect using .htaccess
I am trying to use a 301 redirect to direct users and bots to my new site but when I put the .htaccess live i keep getting a 500 internal error shown.
The site is actually a subdomain which i want ...
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1answer
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Htaccess - Rewrite png to php file
I currently use trans.png.php?id=1&campaign=test to track my newsletter campaigns.
I want to use trans.png instead as it's the src of an img tag.
How can i do this in htaccess? Also is there any ...
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1answer
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301 redirects mirrored domain
I'm redesigning a site for a friend on my localhost. His old site is an .asp based site and we're replacing it with a WordPress site on LAMP hosting. The old site sits on domain A and also has another ...
2
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1answer
106 views
Is it possible to check the case on Apache redirects or aliases?
I have a big website (15,000 pages) with a log list of redirects (about 800) that have been used in marketing pieces for years. My Apache server has been running mod_rewrite for the past 10 years or ...
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1answer
1k views
How do I make SEO friendly URLs from my PHP pages?
I'm pretty new to this and was wondering how to turn my site URLs into SEO friendly URLs using .htaccess and mod_rewrite?
My URLs take the form mydomain.com/index.php?pid=1&pagename=Some Page
I ...
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Is it possible to force a directory index to display even if an index file exists?
On my Apache server I need to display a directory index of a given folder even if it already contains an index file that has been defined in DirectoryIndex. In this case an index.html file exists, but ...
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Simple RewriteRule [duplicate]
I'm trying to write a RewriteRule to make a simple url. I want users to be able to type enter
www.example.com/somepage
and have it take them to
www.example.com/abc/somepage.php
How can this be ...
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.htaccess redirect with mod_rewrite
I moved my wiki from
http://jklatex.square7.de/wiki/doku.php/start
to
http://logicpuzzle.square7.de/start
and now i want to redirect the URL with mod_rewrite. My .htaccess is as follows:
# BEGIN ...
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mod rewrite doesn't work when i added multiple domains
i have redhat linux server and i was using /var/www/html to display my site.
By using the following directive rewrite mod was working fine.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Enable mod_rewrite ...
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Internal CDN and setting up subdomain to increase maximum parallel connections
I've heard that browsers can have around maximum of 6 parallel connections per domain at a time.
So I decided to have another subdomain "cdn." then use mod_rewrite to point to media folder then ...
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1answer
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Apache rewrite rule that matches a specific query string
I need to rewrite a specific wordpress url to a 404 error:
?page_id=15 => 404
How can I match the query string? Apparently Apache doesn't feed that to the rewrite mod...
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1answer
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Need a generic way to create SEO friendly URL
I have searched a lot and implemented many many Regular Expression in my .htaccess file but can not succeed. How do I find a generic way that make my URL SEO friendly?
Currently this is in my ...
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1answer
897 views
mod_rewrite to edit cookies conditionally
Is it possible to use mod_rewrite to modify values in cookies based upon a condition? I am completely new to HTTP, but I have tried a thing or two. The only regex I know is Perl-style, I hope it is ...
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Help with URL Rewrite
I have a page that selects some info from a database
and displays it with a link to a second page that uses
the result to query the database, something like this:
$sel=mysql_query("select id, title ...
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1answer
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Finding out what features of regular expressions are supported by mod_rewrite in Apache 1.3?
Is there a particular regular expression engine that is used by mod_rewrite on Apache 1.3?
I want to know so I can get a list of supported and non-supported features.
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.htaccess mod_rewrite 500 internal server error
Whenever I place my .htaccess file in my web directory I receive a 500 internal server error and within the error.log file specifying:
[Sat Jan 21 13:46:07 2012] [error] [client xx.xx.xxx.xx] Request ...
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CMS Made Simple: Why does home page return a 404 under www subdomain?
Anyone know why my homepage wont load with the www prefix.
Links such as
www.mysite.net/about-us
will load fine
but
www.mysite.net
returns a 404.
Everypage works including the home page if I ...
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1answer
78 views
Issue with permanent redirect implementation
I have a tricky problem related to 301 redirections I badly need help with.
I tried to implement these via .htaccess, but ran into trouble.
The start of my .htaccess looks like this:
SetEnv PHP_VER ...
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589 views
Enable mod_rewrite on OpenSuSE 11.04
I have a problem on OpenSuSE 11.04. I configured apache and enabled mod_rewrite but it doesn't working. on every php file I get 403 forbidden error.
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I want to redirect anyHOST.anyTLD to www.anyHOST.anyTLD
I'm trying to find a generic enough modrewrite rule that will acomplish following:
Redirect anyHost.anyTld to www.anyHost.anyTld
Not mess with any other subdomains, for examle other.anyHost.anyTLD ...
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1answer
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Joomla 1.6 URL rewrite on IIS7 (removing /index.php/)
Joomla 1.6 was released today and I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of the /index.php/ part?
How link looks now:
http://www.example.org/index.php/stuff
How link would look after URL ...
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1answer
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RewriteRule for URLs with spaces
My site's pages are in multiple languages whereby each language version shares its media (images) with the other language versions. I place all versions and the media in a single directory with the ...
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RewriteBase has to change when using UserDir
I have setup our Apache server to use UserDir
This mean our urls are:
http://dev.server.com/~username/drupal/html/
Before our URLS were:
http://dev.server.com/drupal/html/
In the 2nd case I ...
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1answer
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how to fix .htaccess - redirect http://408.111.1111.domain.us/ to http://domain.us/index.php?w=408.111.1111
We want to use mod_rewrite and .htaccess to do a redirect. How do we redirect http://408.111.1111.domain.us/ and www.408.111.1111.domain.us/ to http://domain.us/index.php?w=408.111.1111 ? If the ...
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1answer
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Rewrite catalog/index.php to www.domain.co.uk
We have an online shop with a welcome page. Our SEO company has asked us to get rid of the welcome page with a rewrite. I am struggling to get this to work. Can you help please?
I want to rewrite ...
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1answer
78 views
Why is this mod_rewrite redirecting my domain?
I'm trying to redirect all URLs past the "/" of my domain to an old.mysite.com version, but leave the mysite.com itself alone.
For example, "mysite.com" -> "mysite.com", but "mysite.com/some-url" -> ...
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3answers
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Mod Rewrite question
Is there a way to rewrite
http://localhost/embed/player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yKDhm4_-90
to something smaller?
or is there a way to change this into
...
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1answer
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How do I get rid of the “www” with mod_rewrite?
I want to get rid of the "www" in front of my domain, and I'm trying the following, but it's not working:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_POST} ^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*) ...
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2answers
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Mod Rewrite - directing HTTP/HTTPS traffic to the appropriate virtual hosts
I have an Apache2 web server (v. 2.2.16) running on Debian hosting three virtual hosts. The first two hosts are HTTP only (server1 and server2). The last host is HTTPS only (server3). My virtual host ...
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2answers
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How do I make SEO friendly URLs?
My url is: website.com/profile/?id=24
I want it to be: website.com/profile/kevinlee
The ?id=24 will be replaced with the username of the id=24 in the database
How do I convert it to that?
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2answers
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Rewrite Issue on index.html
I have index.html on my html_directory on my website also I entered a rule as follows:
RewriteRule ^index.html$ newindex.php
It seems requests to my site is routing to my index.html file , my ...
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1answer
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Mod Rewrite change extention of a page
i want to mod rewrite change extension of any page to what i want.
for ex. i want change index.php to index.abc
is it possible with mod rewrite?
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2answers
249 views
How to redirect a website from a folder to the root folder?
I was running a website on a folder (www.example.com/folder).
The new version of the website is live and runs on the root folder.
How should I redirect users who visit the website using the old URLs ...
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vote
3answers
452 views
What's wrong with my htaccess ? (500 Error)
I've written a small htaccess file to redirect Internet Explorer users to a specific page
Here are the contents :
# MS Internet Explorer - Mozilla v4
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ...
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How do I get mod_rewrite working with typo and wordpress?
I've some trouble with typo3 (mydomain.net) and wordpress (mydomain.net/blog/) using mod_rewrite.
First I was running a typo3 installation which uses mod_rewirte without trouble.
Now I'm trying to ...
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1answer
398 views
htaccess and 301 redirects - multiple domains
I have the following which redirects mydomain1.co.uk and mydomain1.com to www.mydomain1.com perfectly.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(.*)\.mydomain1\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ...
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3answers
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mod_rewrite: rewriting http://$SOMETHING.app.example.com/ to http://www.example.com/app/$SOMETHING
I'm trying to make http://$SOMETHING.app.example.com/ transparently rewrite to http://www.example.com/app/$SOMETHING.
The config below is giving me a 404 and I'm not sure why.
ServerName ...
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3answers
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Using env variables with RewriteRule and ErrorDocument
I'm having problems with the following while config. my Apache server to Rewrite some urls.
SetEnv PATH_TO_DIR /directory
RewriteRule ^%{PATH_TO_DIR}/([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)/?$ ...
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2answers
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How do I redirect a URL using rewrite in .htaccess that has a question mark and forward slash where page.html is the variable?
Hello and thanks to all who contribute to this seemingly mind boggling puzzle. I apologize in advance if .htaccess questions belong on server fault.
So I have to move a domain to our hosting servers, ...
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1answer
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How do I map a (keyword rich) domain name to an existing website?
I am not experienced technical person, and still learning but will try to explain what I have done so far and what my query is.
I have a (hypothetical) domain az-studios.com
On that domain I have 3 ...
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1answer
481 views
how to rewrite %20 in .htaccess
I need to perform an equivalent rewrite to:
RewriteRule ^/this%20file.pdf http://www.example.com/
How do I handle the %20?
I have tried
RewriteRule ^/this\%20file.pdf http://www.example.com/
...
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1answer
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mod_rewrite for directories
One of our developers who built the framework that our website uses is no longer with us and I appear to have a stack of issues across the site currently, one being URL rewriting across the site.
...
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1answer
1k views
.htaccess - lose the file .html extension
I'm having a bad .htaccess day!
I want a user to be able to type the URL
mysite.com/about
instead of
mysite.com/about.html
On .htaccess file I have:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond ...
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vote
2answers
389 views
Having mod_rewrite not rewrite requests for a particular directory
I have many forward rules written in my .htaccess file. However, for the requests to a certain directory and its subdirectory, say wordpress, I don't want to use the forward rules.
RewriteEngine On
...
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vote
1answer
948 views
Apache rewrite to 404 except for matched query
I'm trying to handle logically simple operation, but apache rewrite does not handle my website's query strings requests. I heard it's does not do it eventually. Still cannot understand it's regex ...
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194 views
Apache: use `foo.html` in preference to `foo/` when both exist
How to get Apache 2.2 to use foo.html in preference to foo/ when both exist?
I'm moving a site from dynamic php to static html, while retaining the domain name. I've created a temporary mirror using ...
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1answer
722 views
Redirecting not working properly in Firefox 9 (or any older version for that matter)
How do I fix a redirect in Firefox so that it leads my site to another address but with a slash at the end of it?
This is my redirect in .htaccess:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test\.mydomain\.com$ ...
