Mod_Rewrite question.

[malef!c]

Evening all - fairly new to this, but I have the following file stucture on some webspace (helping a friend, not my site or structure!)

public_html (www.domain.com)
|
|___directory1
|
|___directory2

At the moment, the htaccess file has the following lines in it to push all requests to the domain name to directory1. IE: www.domain.com ->www.domain.com/directory1

This worked fine until he added directory 2.

Now if he browses to www.domain.com/directory2 firefox throws an error:

"Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."

which I am guessing is something to do with the htaccess file.

I am no master on htaccess but I tried the following but it still doesn't work:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [NC] 
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/directory1/$1 [R=301,L]

Any help kindly accepted

 

[V4NT0M]

That rewrite doesn't even work if I upload it to a site...

Is it terribly important for it to be a rewrite? i.e. for SEO purposes? I would just use a php redirect.

Just make an index.php in the root dir and put:

<?php
header( 'Location: http://domain.com/directory1/' ) ;
?>

That's how I always do these kinds of things, is there a reason why this redirect is in place in the first place that can't be fixed?

 

[malef!c]

I don't really know why it has to be done in the htaccess file, I foolishly thought I would give a friend a hand (if only I knew it was the voodoo that is rewrite I would have run away!)

I may try to push him the way you suggested as its easier and I understand it!

Cheers

 

[Pho]

Do you want all requests which go to Directory2 to also be sent to Directory1?

Using the rewrite above if I go to:
/directory2/index.php

I get forwarded to:
/directory1/directory2/index.php

without any loop errors.

Have you got another .htaccess file in Directory1 ?

 

[malef!c]

Thanks for that - no other htaccess anywhere (I had a good look as I was pulling my hair out!)

In the end I persuaded him to dump the htaccess and go with a PHP redirect, so its now happy (and a lot easier for me!!)

 

[suarve]

That rewrite doesn't even work if I upload it to a site...

Is it terribly important for it to be a rewrite? i.e. for SEO purposes? I would just use a php redirect.

Just make an index.php in the root dir and put:

<?php
header( 'Location: http://domain.com/directory1/' ) ;
?>

That's how I always do these kinds of things, is there a reason why this redirect is in place in the first place that can't be fixed?

He's using a 301, so it is for SEO purposes

 

[gord]

He's using a 301, so it is for SEO purposes

Still doable in PHP though.

<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: http://www.new-url.com" );
?>

But yeh, I would change to this code as Google will find that site as 302.