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robertbobb
1,893 PointsRewrite Rule backslash
How do you add a backslash to the RewriteRule when your using another folder inside htdocs as your root folder instead of just using htdocs?
5 Answers
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi robertbobb,
Do you mean how do you go back a level if you're in a sub folder compared to just been in your htdocs folder? If so the simplest way is to just use ../ which tells the rule to go back one directory above itself.
Ashlynn Pai
11,679 PointsHad a hard time editing that. Trying again:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20159444/htaccess-is-not-working-in-xampp-in-windows
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /shirts4mike/
RewriteRule ^shirts/$ shirts/shirts.php [L]
RewriteRule ^shirts/([0-9]+)/$ shirts/shirt.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ receipt/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^contact.php$ contact/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^shirts.php$ shirts/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=([0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^shirt.php$ shirts/%1/? [R=301,L]
robertbobb
1,893 PointsHi Ashlynn,
Here is what's weird and what I found out. I just tried it again with the old way and the way you suggested and every number works (adds the backslash on the end) accept the last one ===>> 108.
I'm going to keep it the way you suggested, using the RewriteBase, but it still does not work for the last one ===>> 108.
What I'm really confused about is why Randy would use htdocs for his main site root. The files that are already in the htdocs as in i.e. ===>>xampp folder, index.html, index.php, forbidden folder, restricted folder, all the images, xampp favicon. How does he use htdocs with those files already in there? You cannot delete them right?
Other tutorials that I have studied from say to make a folder inside of htdocs for your main-site root folder. So I hope you can see how very weird this is for me to know that Randy uses htdocs for his main root. Is that not odd to you?
saranyamoellers
31,695 PointsHi Ashlynn, Thank you for your code. My tailing slash and redirect old web addresses work now! Just don't know [L] mean? if you could tell me? thanks again for you code. Saranya
Leigh Maher
21,830 PointsThanks Ashlynn. This really helped clear things up for me.
Ashlynn Pai
11,679 PointsDo you mean the .htaccess folder is is in the htdocs folder and your project files are in a subfolder? Or do you mean the issue discussed here https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/stuck-on-adding-a-trailing-slash-code-challenge? Or something else?
robertbobb
1,893 PointsHi Ashlynn, thanks for replying. Here is what I'm talking about:
Randy Hoyt uses the htdocs folder for his main site root. I'm not. I have another folder inside the htdocs folder which I use for my main site root:
All the RewriteRules work for me accept this one that should add the ending backslash to the url: RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ /$1/ [R=301]
Here is the url to add the backslash to. Notice the difference between Randys url and mine. I'm using a site-folder for my main site root inside of htdocs:
localhost/shirts/108 <<<<================ Randys url
localhost/site-folder/shirts/108 <<<<================ My url
Here is the result to automatically add the ending backslash. It adds it but the site-folder is missing and I get this message =====>>>>> Object Not Found!
localhost/shirts/108/ <<==== Notice the site-folder is no longer there?
Please tell me this makes sense. Thanks
Ashlynn Pai
11,679 PointsThis is just a guess after a few google searches, but does it help to remove the / in front of $1:
Old: RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ /$1/ [R=301]
New: RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ $1/ [R=301]
Here is the discussion on Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20159444/htaccess-is-not-working-in-xampp-in-windows
From Stack Overflow:
The fix is having an relative url, instead of an absolute url. This can be done by removing the prefix /. For redirects, define RewriteBase with the subdirectory in it. I would add the [L] flag to every rule too. Your .htaccess should look something like this:
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /shirts4mike/
RewriteRule ^shirts/$ shirts/shirts.php [L] RewriteRule ^shirts/([0-9]+)/$ shirts/shirt.php?id=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ receipt/ [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^contact.php$ contact/ [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^shirts.php$ shirts/ [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=([0-9]+)$ RewriteRule ^shirt.php$ shirts/%1/? [R=301,L]
Ashlynn Pai
11,679 PointsHi Saranya, I just grabbed the code from Stack Overflow. Please check out http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/flags.html.
"The [L] flag causes mod_rewrite to stop processing the rule set. In most contexts, this means that if the rule matches, no further rules will be processed. This corresponds to the last command in Perl, or the break command in C. Use this flag to indicate that the current rule should be applied immediately without considering further rules."
saranyamoellers
31,695 PointsThank you so much! Have a good day.
robertbobb
1,893 Pointsrobertbobb
1,893 PointsHi Chris, thanks for replying. Here is what I'm talking about:
Randy Hoyt uses the htdocs folder for his main site root. I'm not. I have another folder inside the htdocs folder which I use for my main site root:
All the RewriteRules work for me accept this one that should add the ending backslash to the url: RewriteRule ^(shirts/[0-9]+)$ /$1/ [R=301]
Here is the url to add the backslash to. Notice the difference between Randys url and mine. I'm using a site-folder for my main site root inside of htdocs:
localhost/shirts/108 <<<<================ Randys url
localhost/site-folder/shirts/108 <<<<================ My url
Here is the result to automatically add the ending backslash. It adds it but the site-folder is missing and I get this message =====>>>>> Object Not Found!
localhost/shirts/108/ <<==== Notice the site-folder is no longer there?
Please tell me this makes sense. Thanks
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsChris Shaw
26,676 PointsThe files in the htdocs folder aren't important to the server so you can delete them and work from that directory, as mentioned below however Apache offers a better solution which is a rule for
.htaccessfiles calledRewriteBase, see the below example.RewriteBase /site-folder/The reason we would use this instead of working in the root directory is it allows us to work from any directory on the server without disturbing the root website folder.
robertbobb
1,893 Pointsrobertbobb
1,893 PointsHey Chris,
Wow! Thanks man. I did not know I could remove those files from htdocs. The only problem I had when using the RewriteBase is that the page 108 would not work. It kept giving me an error about object not found. But that's ok. I went on ahead and removed the files from htdocs and put all my file in there.
Really, great answer. I never would have thought of that. And yes, I also appreciated Ashlynn telling me about the RewriteBase too. But like I said, that still did not work. But putting my files directly into htdocs, everything works great!
Thank you both so very much.
God Bless.