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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Cleaning URLs with Rewrite Rules Redirecting Old Web Addresses

Jorge Alcala
Jorge Alcala
4,500 Points
Posted by Jorge Alcala
Jorge Alcala
4,500 Points

Redirecting code do not take me to the new link, instad It will take me to the root Ejp: http://localhost/C:/xampp/htdoc

This is my code:

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 Redirection part do not work, it take me to: http://localhost/C:/xampp/htdocs/shirts4mike_2/shirts/

Dose someone know what is my problem?

Jorge Alcala
Jorge Alcala
4,500 Points
Jorge Alcala
Jorge Alcala
4,500 Points

ok well I think is chrome that cause this problem, using IE it take me to the right link: http://localhost/shirts4mike_2/shirts/

4 Answers

Montalvo Miguelo
Montalvo Miguelo
24,789 Points
Montalvo Miguelo
Montalvo Miguelo
24,789 Points

You should set the base of your application in your .htaccess file to get the correct url

RewriteBase /shirts4mike_2/
julcap
julcap
16,274 Points
julcap
julcap
16,274 Points

I think I was having a similar problem since my site was not in the root (rather it was is localhost/shirts4mike/)

I was able to fix the problem using RewriteBase /shirts4mike/

no idea if this will cause I problem when you publish (wouldnt surprise me if it did)...

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase

would be interesting in hearing from an expert if this is the best/right fix...

Iain Simmons
MOD
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points
Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

What URL are you putting in to the location/address bar in Chrome/IE?

Also, note that the last RewriteRule has a trailing slash after the shirts.php. Normally people wouldn't include a slash after a file extension, only after a directory...

Leo Maltrait
Leo Maltrait
19,697 Points
Leo Maltrait
Leo Maltrait
19,697 Points

Hi,

I got pretty much the same problem than yours, Jorge Alcala (except it was with MAMP on mac).

The best solution I could find (since "RewriteBase /shirts4mike/" didn't work for me) was to put: RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ http://localhost:8888/shirts4mike/receipt/ [R=301]

instead of: RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ receipt/ [R=301]

And I guess I'll change localhost to my domain name when I won't work locally anymore.

Cheers