I have created a htaccess rewrite code for URLs so when a user goes to myurl.com/testing/ it shows them index.php?page=testing however I would like to have a second or maybe third page so it could look like myurl.com/testing/2832/9283 and would show users index.php?page=testing&var1=2832&var2=9283.
This is the code I currently have:
RewriteRule ^([^\/]+)/([^\/]*)/$ index.php?page=$1&var1=$2
RewriteRule ^([^\/]+)/([^\/]*)$ index.php?page=$1&var1=$2
This works but I want to make the variables optional. If I do not have a second variable (i.e. just myurl.com/testing/) then it says it cant find the file.
# 3-level deep parameters
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)(/([^/]+))?(/([^/]+))?(/)?$ /index.php?page=$1&var1=$3&var2=$5 [QSA,L]
This rule will not touch already existing files and folders.
This rule will rewrite:
/help/tracking/123456/ => /index.php?page=help&var1=tracking&var2=123456
/help/tracking => /index.php?page=help&var1=tracking&var2=
/help => /index.php?page=help&var1=&var2=
You were having page=index.php because your rule rewrites already rewritten URLs (A lot of people forgetting, that when rewrite happens, it goes to next iteration and starting to test all rules again). This rule has conditions (extra checks) to ignore already existing files and folders.
Why not just set multiple RewriteRules for each case?
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&var1=$2
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&var1=$2&var2=$3
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I am making a website builder an I would like to make urls prettier.
The url would be for example:
https://ccc-bb.example.com => https://example.com/project/show/ccc/bb
This is my .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# prevents files starting with dot to be viewed by browser
RewriteRule /\.|^\.(?!well-known/) - [F]
# front controller
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)\-(.*)$ https://example.com/project/show/$1/$2 [L]
When I use above (https://ccc-bb.example.com) it sends me to the subdomain empty folder. The folder has only the .htaccess file.
What am I missing? I've never edited an .htaccess file and Google didn't help me (or I don't know what should I looking for).
Your first rule for dotfiles is okay but would be better the other way around, since the second part can only match the start, but the first can only match in subdirectories.
RewriteRule ^\.(?!well-known/)|/\. - [F]
Your other rule's problem is that you are expecting it to match the subdomain. RewriteRules do not operate on the entire string you see in your browser's address bar, only the path part, and in .htaccess they see even less as the leading directory is stripped off, too. To access the info you want, use a RewriteCond:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([^-]++)-([^-.]++)\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(?!project/show/).* project/show/%1/%2/$0 [L,DPI]
(You don't need to include \.example\.com$ if your main domain contains no hyphens.)
I started learning rewrites today
First of all here are examples of my links
Index.php?action=pictures
Index.php?action=pictures&type=kitchen
Index.php?action=pictures&type=ceiling
Index.php?action=services
Index.php?action=services&type=shower
Index.php?action=services&type=windows
In my .htaccess file I have this
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#Do not Rewrite files or folders
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*?)$ $1 [L]
#Ordinary
RewriteRule ^\.htaccess$ .htaccess [F]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/?$ Index.php?action=$1&type=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ Index.php?action=$1 [L]
Rewrites URLs to
localhost/pictures
localhost/pictures/kitchen
localhost/pictures/ceiling
localhost/services
localhost/services/shower
localhost/services/windows
//etc
I like to have ALL my links working as is with an exception of services where I don't need parent folder /services/.
Result:
localhost/pictures
localhost/pictures/kitchen
localhost/pictures/ceiling
localhost/services
localhost/shower
localhost/window
I tried to rewrite .htaccess but either I get only parentfolder to work or only subfolder.
I tried to add this but I do understand that this matches everything...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ Index.php?action=services&type=$1 [L]
I can however hardcode it like this
RewriteRule ^window/?$ Index.php?action=services&type=window [L]
Would like to have something dynamical. If folder services -> show no folder yet still be able to see localhost/services!
Is it possible?
Think of it this way: How would Apache know if a particular string is an action, or a type of service?
Well, you have three options:
We hardcode the types of services. Anything that does not match a type must be an action.
We hardcode the actions. Anything that does not match an action must thus be a type of service.
Apache has no way of knowing: We feed it to a script, who might be able to do some magic to find out what this string is.
In your case hardcoding the actions seems like the best idea, at least when the actions are static.
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/?$ Index.php?action=$1&type=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(pictures|services)/?$ Index.php?action=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ Index.php?action=services&type=$1 [L]
I'm trying to work on doing some rewrite but it's not working. Here is my code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(static/|server/|internal.php).*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /internal.php?request=$1 [L]
I'm trying to redirect everything to /internal.php?request=blablabla, except the internal.php itself, and things in two folders called static and server, since these two folders have images and so on.
For example,
/hello/world => /internal.php?request=hello/world/
/static/a/b/c/a.jpg => /static/a/b/c/a.jpg not changed
But the code is not working, the RewriteCond seems not able to restrict rewrite of internal.php, and the two folders. Now what's happening is everything is going to rewrite to internal.php, and internal.php would be rewrite to internal.php again. And finally give me a 500 after infinite loops. Which I don't want any rewrite happen. What's wrong?
You are missing a leading / in the request URI expression, also you should escape the dot in internal.php so that it actually matches a dot instead of every char:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(static/|server/|internal\.php).*$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /internal.php?request=$1 [L]
Note that this will also rewrite /static and /server where the trailing slash is omitted, if you want to avoid that you could for example add another condition:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(static|server)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(static/|server/|internal\.php).*$
Tough it should be possible to put this in a single expression, however I'm not that experienced with regular expressions, so I'm pretty sure that this not the most elegant way:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(((static|server)(/.*)?)|(internal\.php.*))$
I currently have this .htaccess rule the works fine:
RewriteRule ^instructor/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)$ instructor.php?username=$1 [NC,L]
However, when I attempt to add a period into the mix a lot of the rules on the site break so I am assuming the character isn't escaped correctly:
RewriteRule ^instructor/([A-Za-z0-9-\.]+)$ instructor.php?username=$1 [NC,L]
Anyone point me in the right direction please?
Update
It appears to be something to do with the directory structure.
Another selection of rules that apply to this site are the following:
## Registration
RewriteRule ^instructor/register/?$ instructor-form/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^instructor/register/stage([1-5]+)$ instructor-form/stage$1.php [L]
These work fine (the directory here is instructor-form/
However, there is also a directory called instructor/ which these rules point to:
RewriteRule ^instructor/dashboard/?$ instructor/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^instructor/account-details/?$ instructor/account-details.php [L]
RewriteRule ^instructor/change-password/?$ instructor/change-password.php [L]
These are the rules that are affected when adding the . into the first rule. The rules are all in order and work fine without the . in the [A-Za-z0-9-] char block. When added the physical instructor/ folder seems inaccessible.
You wrote so much text in your question but forgot to mention important details: what is actually broken? Because I do not have clear answer for that I will be speculating here based on the information you have provided so far.
RewriteRule ^instructor/([A-Za-z0-9-\.]+)$ instructor.php?username=$1 [NC,L]
The problem with this rule is that it will also rewrite already rewritten php files: instructor/index.php, instructor/account-details.php, instructor/change-password.php etc.
I think you are relaying on [L] flag too much .. or do not really know how mod_rewrite and [L] flag work. And that is why you are having this issue -- your rule with a dot in pattern rewrites already rewritten URLs.
Useful link: RewriteRule Last [L] flag not working?
You need to add some condition (global rule or condition specific to this rule only) to prevent rewriting already rewritten URLs or existing files.
1. Global rule -- place it somewhere on the top before other rules. Keep in mind that this may not work as intended depending on your website structure and rewrite logic (e.g. when you need to actually rewrite requests to already existing files or folders):
# do not do anything for already existing files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule .+ - [L]
2. Condition specific to that rule only:
a) do not rewrite if requested URI is physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^instructor/([A-Za-z0-9-\.]+)$ instructor.php?username=$1 [NC,L]
OR
b) do not rewrite .php files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.+\.php$
RewriteRule ^instructor/([A-Za-z0-9-\.]+)$ instructor.php?username=$1 [NC,L]
I am trying to rewrite all the old oscommerce links to a new website. But I am having trouble with part of the URL I need to rewrite.
The link looks like this:
http://www.domain.com/product_info.php?cPath=3_72&products_id=129&osCsid=6j3iabkldjcmgi3s1344lk1285
This rewrite works for the above link:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/product_info\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^cPath=3_72&products_id=129&osCsid=([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/apple/air.html? [R=301,L]
But will not work for:
http://www.domain.com/product_info.php?cPath=3_72&products_id=129
My problem is that I want the rewrite to work no matter if the &osCsid=6j3iabkldjcmgi3s1344lk1285 part is included or not.
I think you can achieve this by not specifying the closing delimiter ($)
Give this a try:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/product_info\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^cPath=3_72&products_id=129
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/apple/air.html? [R=301,L]
By not putting the $ at the end of the regex string you are basically saying: match any string that starts with ..., no matter what comes after
Hope this helps :)
This should do the job just fine:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^cPath=3_72&products_id=129
RewriteRule ^product_info\.php$ http://www.domain.com/apple/air.html? [R=301,L]
There is no need for separate condition RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/product_info\.php$ -- this part can be (actually, SHOULD BE, for better performance) moved to RewriteRule.
This is enough ^cPath=3_72&products_id=129 -- it tells "When query strings STARTS with ...". No need to include optional/non-important parameters osCsid=([A-Za-z0-9-_]+).
This rule is to be placed in .htaccess file in website root folder. If placed elsewhere some small tweaking may be required.