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Posted by Joey L.
Joey L.
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RewriteRule not working properly on godaddy

Hey guys, i'm trying to get the RewriteRule in .htaccess to work on a godaddy hosting account. This is for the Shirts4Mike page (I can't install xamp on this computer, it's not mine).

Here is my directory configuration:

public_html/phplearn/shirts4mike/shirts/

I want to use a rewrite that whenever that subdirectory is requested, it displays 

public_html/phplearn/shirts4mike/shirts/shirts.php

The .htaccess file is within the shirts4mike folder, with the following code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^phplearn/shirts4mike/shirts/$ /shirts/shirts.php

When I try to load the page www.domain.tld/phplearn/shirts4mike/shirts/ this gives me a 403 forbidden error (directory listing page prohibited) with "Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: FOUND the solution. The pattern in the RewriteRule should be a relative URL from where the .htaccess file is located:

For those that may search in the future - My configuration should have been:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^shirts/$ shirts/shirts.php