Forum Moderators: phranque
so, site.com/drupal, site.com/punbb/forum, site.com/wordpress/blog should be site.com, site.com/forum and site.com/blog respectively.
the following rewrite works if i use it against one of the directories, for instance punbb.
RewriteEngine on
Rewrite rule ^$ punbb/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ punbb/$1 [L]
but if i use it more than once, punbb and wordpress,
RewriteEngine on
Rewrite rule ^$ punbb/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ punbb/$1 [L]
rewrite rule ^$ wordpress/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ wordpress/$1 [L]
the first entry will work but the second or any thereafter will fail. .htaccess is a complete mystery to me. i have googled until the sun came up literally and nothing explains what the symbols mean (ie. ^$ [L] ect.) so that i might decipher what is going on and how to fix my problem.
any help would be greatly appreciated. :)
Each RewriteRule can be preceded by one or more RewriteCond lines.
I would put a blank line after each RewriteRULE to show the logical grouping of your instructions.
Fix that, and post the code again, as then it will make it easier to explain the other problems.
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^begins with
ends with$
[L] last rule
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [%1...] [R=301,NC,L]
RewriteRule ^$ drupal/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ drupal/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^$ punbb/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ punbb/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^$ wordpress/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ wordpress/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L]
ps. does anyone have a link to where i can learn .htacess code especially the symbols?
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Think carefully about these three lines:
RewriteRule ^$ drupal/ [L]
RewriteRule ^$ punbb/ [L]
RewriteRule ^$ wordpress/ [L]
Which one operates for a domain root request (like domain.com/ for example)?
When do the other two operate?
.
Now apply the same logic to the three multi-line rules (the ones with -d and -f in them).
Which three-line block of code will operate for a request with a path?
When do the other two blocks get to do their thing?
RewriteRule ^$ punbb/ [L]
RewriteRule ^$ wordpress/ [L]
that was the easy part ... the second half i am not sure at all. from your post i imagine that what i would need to change is the paths of the three line codes.
i think i am missing / before something
RewriteRule ^punbb/(.*)$ /forum/$1 [L]
maybe?
[edited by: volksmenner at 2:03 pm (utc) on July 8, 2008]
- When do the other two operate? - Never.
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I always #comment every line of .htaccess as to what it should do.
It helps me, months later, work out what I was thinking when I wrote it, and often gives me a clue that the code I wrote doesn't quite match the description of what I actually wanted it to do.
In this case, the comment for the first one would have been:
# Rewrite all bare root requests to the /drupal/ folder.
By the time I started to type:
# Rewrite all bare root requests to the /punbb/ folder.
for the second one, I would have thought "Dang! That won't work, the first rule has already kicked in and rewritten to request to the /drupal/ folder!"
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It is the same logic problem for the "long" rules. Only the first one can ever operate.
For these rules to work independently, each of the different types of URL will need at least the first chanracter to be recognisable (or to have a different extension, like .html and .htm and .php), in order to be able to categorise which resource the request is actually for.
That's down to you to decide which URLs are for which resource.
It's easy to code in to.
It's either a "prefix" on the requested URL, or an extra RewriteCond line on each of the three rules.
the objective - example 1. favor root directory hide subdirectory
default: root -> drupal -> files
http://example.com/drupal/index.php
rewrite: root -> files
http://example.com/index.php
code for example 1.(works like a charm)
RewriteRule ^$ drupal/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ drupal/$1 [L]
the objective - example 2. favor subdirectories hide parent directories. (opposite of ex. 1.)
default: root -> punbb -> forum -> files
http://example.com/punbb/index.php
rewrite: root -> forum -> files
http://example.com/index.php
default: root -> wordpress -> blog -> files
http://example.com/wordpress/index.php
rewrite: root -> blog -> files
http://example.com/index.php
i do not know how to implement your suggestions because first i am a noob when it comes to .htaccess and second, ex. 2 is not quite the same as ex. 1 seeing as i want to hide parent directory instead of the child.
i have been at this for an embarrassingly long time. please help me understand better what to do.
my eternal thanks.
philip
The problem is not solvable with your current URL scheme.
I would suggest a careful and very-critical re-reading of what has already been written in this thread.
Jim
