mod rewrite (some rules work, some don't)

[ayushchd]

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hyperlite.co.uk
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.hyperlite.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.hyperlite.co.uk/ [R=301,L]

The above rules work fine.

Howsoever, if I add the following line below this code, the new rule doesn't work, while the previous rules work

RewriteRule hyperlite_news.html$ news.php

[code][/code]


Please assist!

[g1smd]

As currently written your redirect rules cause a chain when the non-www index is requested. You can test that using Live HTTP Headers for Firefox.

You should swap the order of your "domain redirect" and "index redirect" so that the "index redirect" is first.

Add the [L] flag to the "news rewrite".

In what way does the "rewrite" not work?

[ayushchd]

I just wrote this :
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^hyperlite_news\.html$ news.php

This rule gives me a 404..

Can you help?

[ayushchd]

I just wrote this :
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^hyperlite_news\.html$ news.php

This rule gives me a 404..

Can you help?

[g1smd]

You didn't add the [L] flag.

Presumably the news.php file doesn't exist, or the path to the news.php script isn't what you think it is.

[ayushchd]

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Could anybody tell me how to test the following rewrite rules to confirm whether mod_rewrite is working or not?

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.co.uk
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.example.co.uk/ [R=301,L]

What URL should I type in and which should be called for that URL? This is in a folder "testsite" on my server.

Thanks

[edited by: jdMorgan at 12:55 am (utc) on Jun 16, 2010]
[edit reason] Please use example.com only. [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

Your two rules are reversed. Put the index redirect first, followed by the hostname redirect.

You'd request www.example.co.uk/testsite/index to test the index redirect. Whether you can test the hostname canonicalization rule in a test subdirectory is doubtful (depends on the server configuration), but if so, then requesting example.co.uk/testsite/ would do it.

If you just want to test if mod_rewrite is working, then these rules are too complex. Use something like

 RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.google.com/ [R=301,L] 

for a simple test.

Take that lesson forward. Do not try to test "a big gobbet of code" all at once. Add and test one rule at a time until you're very comfortable with this code.

Jim