Ok, I'm trying to undersand mod_rewrite but I end up always confused with all this, so I'm asking if someone can help me with this custom rules.
My web app will use 3 kinds of pages which currently have these URLs:
url.com/index.php?user=name is for the user profiles
url.com/index.php?page=name is for the front-end pages (about, contact, etc...)
url.com/index.php?dash=name is for logged-in area pages
But I want the first 2 to be url.com/name and the 3rd to be url.com/dashboard/name.
I guess that for the user and page I'll have first to check if page exists, then check usernames and if none of this exists, then return 404.
How can I do this?
Thanks in advance :)
These type of custom rules are defined using Regex.
Check the kind of page using RewriteCond and define RewriteRule accordingly.
Complete information is available here
You'll be better off having 3 URL schemes:
url.com/user/name
url.com/page/name
url.com/dashboard/name
If that is acceptable then you need to enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /webapp/
RewriteRule ^user/(.+?)/?$ index.php?user=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^page/(.+?)/?$ index.php?PAGE=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^dashboard/(.+?)/?$ index.php?dash=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
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I have a website that has been built at say montypython.netlify.app
The client has their main website at holygrail.com and they want holygrail.com/resources to show the contents of montypython.netlify.app but keep the URL the same. Which means that it should continue to show holygrail.com/resources in the search bar.
This also means that any pages from montypython.netlify.app should appear are subdirectories of holygrail.com/resources
Example:
montypython.netlify.app/about should appear as holygrail.com/resources/about
I am guessing this has to do with editing the .htaccess at holygrail.com but what rewrite/redirect rules can I reference? There are a lot of URLs so is there a wildcard approach I can use?
This is what I've tried:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^holygrail\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^resources/(.*)$ https://montypython.netlify.app/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
You can use the [P] proxy flag of mod_rewrite.
Using [P] flag instructs mod_rewrite to handle the request via mod_proxy. Therefore, you must enable mod_proxy to use flag.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^holygrail\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^resources/(.*)$ https://montypython.netlify.app/$1 [P]
</IfModule>
with this code snippet, all pages to be a subdirectory resources will be served from https://montypython.netlify.app/ without a 301 redirection.
Maybe your issue is with the line:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^holygrail\.com$ [NC]
Maybe you need to try to do something like
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^resources/(.*)$ https://montypython.netlify.app/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
I have worked on projects in the past with similar objectives. I don't believe you can accomplish this with redirects. The suggestion about using a reverse proxy would be the most well aligned with your requirements, but there is another option that may also be useful. Some DNS providers offer "DNS Cloaking" or "Stealth Redirects". This can be configured so that requests for holygrail.com will display a frame containing the content for montypython.netlify.app. Could you use the same approach for the /resources sub-directory, so that holygrail.com/resources delivers a frame that loads montypython.netlify.app?
The drawback to this is the address bar will not change as you navigate inside the frame, e.g. navigating to montypython.netlify.app/resources/about will still show holygrail.com/resources in the address bar, because it is displaying the address of the frame.
Here is a sample of filter URL's on an ecommerce store.
http://www.domain.com/showering/showers/filter/alliance
http://www.domain.com/showering/showers/filter/aquaflow
http://www.domain.com/showering/showers/filter/grohe
http://www.domain.com/showering/showers/filter/mira
I'm wondering if there is a way I can mask these URL's so they appear like:-
http://www.domain.com/alliance-showers
http://www.domain.com/aquaflow-showers
http://www.domain.com/grohe-showers
http://www.domain.com/mira-showers
But still display the page content from the /showering/showers/* URL's?
I then wish to be able to set the canonical URL's based on these masked URL's.
I've played around with countless variations with little success but here is something I've got so far:-
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^/showering/showers/filter/(alliance)
RewriteRule (.*) /alliance-showers/
When this is applied to website, all the images on the Magento store don't load incidentally along with the fact that the URL doesn't change at all.
Answer to #anubhava's comment...
.htaccess file is in root or Magento installation. It is the very first rule in file like so:-
############################################
## enable rewrites
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^-]+)-([^/]+)/?$ /showering/$2/filter/$1 [L,R]
Currently testing with this URL:-
http://www.showermania.co.uk/showering/showers/filter/alliance
Wanting to show as:-
http://www.showermania.co.uk/alliance-showers
Current answer has no affect/change on this URL at all. Thanks.
You can use a rule like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^showering/([^/]+)/filter/([^/]+)/?$ /$2-$1 [L,NC]
I think my doubt is simple, but I could not find the answer.
I have a linux server that hosts the domain http://www.DomainOne.com
And I have a second server based in Windows plataform that hosts the domain http://www.DomainTwo.com
What I want to do is: When I access the DomainOne.com, it shows all contents of DomainTwo.com, but WITHOUT redirecting the page.
In this case, if I access DomainOne.com/defaultPage.asp?Attribute=test&foo=bar
the URL in browser will be exatly this url, but, the URL showed to the user will be
DomainTwo.com/defaultPage.asp?Attribute=test&foo=bar
Is it possible?
I can't move my pages from DomainTwo to DomainOne because my pages is based in ASP, that works just in Windows. Than, I think that the only solution is to reflect my URL in the original one.
Thanks Guys.
On DomainOne.com enable mod_rewrite, mod_proxy and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?DomainOne\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://DomainOne.com%{REQUEST_URI} [P,L]
I have a requirement where in I want to give users of my site their personal url.
Something like "http://abc.example.com" and when any user types this url in browser it should open this link "http://www.example.com/index/sub-domain?username=abc"
So I tried writing and trying many codes and finally was successful with below code but problem is it redirects. I want an internal redirection. URL address window should remain as "http://abc.example.com".
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-z]+)\.example.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/index/sub-domain?username=%1
</IfModule>
I am not sure if It is possible or not ? Any advice or help will be of great help. Also can anyone suggest me some .htaccess tutorial.
If you do not specificy the R flag on your RewriteRule, mod_rewrite normally performs an internal rewrite. However, since you are using an absolute URL as your rewrite target, it has to be the exact same host, otherwise an external redirect will be issued.
If you really wish to internally redirect to another host, you should check out mod_proxy.
When users go to the following url:
http://mysite.com/folder/subfolder?a=blah&b=blah
I need to point them to content that is in the root folder while keeping the variables intact:
http://mysite.com/?a=blah&b=blah
Since http://mysite.com is a virtual host, this solution should also leave other base URLs alone.
I'd prefer not to do a full redirect because we use log tracking in our system and we need to have the headers return a 200 code for the logs (maybe this doesn't matter).
I know that this is a fairly straightforward question for someone who really understands .htaccess redirects. Thanks in advance!
Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^folder/subfolder/?$ / [L,NC]