Mod_rewrite - a really easy one

feenster99 · 10 Mar 2008 at 17:19

Hi all,
I've got a site with some heavy re-writing on it. For example, turning

Code:

/index.php?category=electrical&product=Stereo&id=143

into

Code:

/electrical/stereo/143/

However, it's been pointed out to me that someone entering

Code:

/electrical/stereo/143/index.php

will get a 404. Hence, i've setup a rewrite rule of:

Code:

RewriteRule ^index.php$ / [L,R=301,QSA,NC]

But, this doesn't take into account what happens when someone enters:
www.domainname.com/index.php (should go to www.domainname.com/)

Can i tweak the above mod_rewrite rule to make it redirect the homepage too?

Cheers,
Matt

Inquisitor · 10 Mar 2008 at 17:45

Why should it matter if someone puts index.php on the end? It's an incorrect URI; they should be using the same URIs as your site.

feenster99 · 10 Mar 2008 at 19:05

It's for some SEO thing. I don't know myself, but the client i'm doing it for has been (well) advised that it needs to be done.

Matt

paulsheff · 11 Mar 2008 at 03:32

Why not just get any 404s to hit the homepage?

Code:

ErrorDocument 404 /

Personally I stick em onto the sitemap.