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I'm pretty new to mod_rewrite and I don't get it work the way I would like it...
What I want to do:
[a.xyz.com...] should be redirected to [xyz.com...] where 'something' can be nothing, a file, a directory, many directories, directories followed by a file name, ...
What I have so far (in httpd.conf) that is not working:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)\.xyz\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) [xyz.com...]
I don't know how I can put 'something' into it and how the rest has to look that it works. What did I do wrong?
I'm running an Apache on a Debian-Box.
Where in httpd.conf does this have to be? Right now it's just before 'Section 3, Virtual Hosts'.
Thanks for any help.
P.S.: Sorry for my not so proper English, it's not my mother-tongue...
Looks pretty good so far.
To access the contents of buffer 1 in the RewriteRule, you'd have to use $1. Hope that helps.
Your mod_rewrite commands should work fine where they currently are.
That's how it looks right now:
<IfModule mod_rewrite>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}!^www\.xyz\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)\.xyz\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) [xyz.com...]
</IfModule>
What happens now is that [a.xyz.com...] gets redirected to [xyz.com...] ...
Don't I have to add anything to the lines above for 'something' (--> see my first posting).
thanks for any help.
Don't I have to add anything to the lines above for 'something' (--> see my first posting).
Oh. That's what I meant. You should have added $1 to the address you want to redirect to.
%1 holds the result for the pattern match in the RewriteCond, while $1 holds the result for the pattern match in the RewriteRule. So when you try to access http://a.xyz.com/something with your code, here's what the buffers would contain:
%1: a
$1: /something
I chenged my config to:
<IfModule mod_rewrite>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}!^www\.xyz\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)\.xyz\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) [xyz.com...]
</IfModule>
I still get [xyz.com...] when I access [a.xyz.com......]
What do I do wrong?
Your code is essentially correct.
<IfModule mod_rewrite>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.xyz\.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)\.xyz\.com
RewriteRule [b]^/(.*)[/b] https://www.xyz.com/%1/$1
</IfModule>
Jim
I added the slash you suggested, but it's still not working :-(
The rewrite module gets loaded. Is there something else important I may forgot?
Thanks!
Do you have any .htaccess files that override your rewrite rules?
One strange thing I just noticed: when I add the lines
RewriteLog /tmp/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 10
no log gets created when I access [a.xyz.com...]
The example goes like this:
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.[^.]+\.host\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^www\.([^.]+)\.host\.com(.*) /home/$1$2I think this might be a way to do it (as an internal redirect), feel free to correct any errors if you spot them:
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?[^.]+\.xyz\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.xyz\.com(.*) /$1$2 [L]If you want an external 301 rewrite the last line should be modified:
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?[^.]+\.xyz\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.+) %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [C]
RewriteRule ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.xyz\.com(.*) http://xyz.com/$1$2 [R=301,L]What it does (or is supposed to do) is this:
As it is now, it also accepts requests like this: "http://www.a.xyz.com/file.htm"
If the "www." is not relevant, just delete this part of the expressions "RewriteCond" and "rewriteRule" above: "(www\.)?"
Hope this helps.
/claus
