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Tiffany McAllister
25,806 PointsError 403 - PHP .htaccess redirect rules
Hi,
I'm currently doing the 'Enhancing a Simple PHP Application' course and have encountered an issue when using the [R] flag to redirect pages.
My .htaccess code is below:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^shirts/$ shirts/shirts.php
RewriteRule ^shirts/([0-9]+)/$ shirts/shirt.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ receipt/ [R=301]
RewriteRule ^contact.php$ contact/ [R=301]
RewriteRule ^shirts.php$ shirts/ [R=301]
The first 2 rules work fine and the other rules work when I remove the [R] flag. When the redirect flag is included I get the error:
Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 403
I am using XAMPP and my browser is Chrome.
Any help would be great :)
4 Answers
Tiffany McAllister
25,806 PointsHi Ben,
Thanks for your reply.
That will not work because the site is not in the root of the htdocs folder. The site is in it's own subfolder 'shirts4mike' within the htdocs directory.
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 PointsHow about this. Assuming you want your .htaccess in the root of the htdocs folder and the site itself in the htdocs/shirts4mike folder, try this line in your .htaccess:
RewriteRule ^(shirts4mike)/receipt.php$ /$1/receipt/ [R=301]
This is working for me. Browser caching seems to sometimes make it look like it's not working when it is working correctly, or vice versa, so try clearing your cache too.
Alternatively, if you want your .htaccess inside of htdocs/shirts4mike folder, try this
RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ /shirts4mike/receipt/ [R=301]
Tiffany McAllister
25,806 PointsThank you so much Ben! I used the second solution and it worked perfectly :)
I appreciate your help!
Jerome Obba
7,384 PointsThank you to both Tiffany and Ben for this. I've been struggling to get an answer for this for 2 days, and I saw this. It answered all my questions and provided answers and worked for me. Thanks for sharing.
Daniel Leak
4,105 PointsSeeing Ben's second solution helped, had already tried but seems browser caching is making me very unsure if I try to find a workaround. Just installed a 1 click browser extension that clears cache to make things a bit simpler
Daniel Leak
4,105 PointsSeeing Ben's second solution helped, had already tried but seems browser caching is making me very unsure if I try to find a workaround. Just installed a 1 click browser extension that clears cache to make things a bit simpler
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 PointsBen Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 PointsTry putting a / before the path that you're redirecting to. For example
RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ /receipt/ [R=301]