Hiding redirected URL

[mramzan]

HI

I am using mod_rewrite for URL re-writing. I am using apache 2.2 and in the httpd.conf i have the following rule

RewriteRule ^/foo/((.)+)$ /$1 [R=301,L]

Where /((.))+ is evaluated to mymachine.com/myapp?param1=val&param2=value

Problem is that this evaluated URL is shown in the address bar, is there a way in the mod_rewrite that this URL is not shown in the address bar.

Thank in advance

Ramzan

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com], Ramzan!

you probably want to do in internal rewrite rather than an external redirect.
the R code specifies an external redirect.
try this instead:
RewriteRule ^/foo/((.)+)$ /$1 [L]

[mramzan]

Thank a lot for your reply

I tried it out with simple [L] but it still shows the full URL in the address bar with all the parameters in the query string.

Is there a way that when a re-write rule is evaluated the expanded URL is not shown in the address bar or is shown without query string?

Thanks for help

[phranque]

you should only see a changed url in your address bar if the server returns a 301 or 302 response code.
are there other rewrite rules in the httpd.conf?

[mramzan]

Yes i have another rule which is something like following

RewriteRule ^/foo/secureit/((.)+)$http://localhost:9999/secureapp/resolve?$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^/foo/((.)+)$ /$1 [R=301,L]

Basically,first my app is redirected to a locally deployed secureapp which returns a URL matching the pattern, ^/foo/((.)+).

When the second rule is evaluated, full URL is displayed in the address bar.

[g1smd]

If you have rewrites before redirects you will expose the internal filepaths in URLs.

Always place redirects first, and rewrites last.

[mramzan]

Doing so does not make any success.

[g1smd]

Best post your code here for a debugging...

[mramzan]

Thanks a lot every one, i solved my problem in my code using AJAX