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Evans B. Ofori
Courses Plus Student 13,720 PointsStuck on Adding A Trailing Slash code challenge
In an earlier code challenge, we wrote a rewrite rule so that the web page [http://localhost/flavors/] executed the code at [all_flavors.php]. Unfortunately, this only works if the web address includes the trailing slash. If someone visits [http://localhost/flavors], they will see a 404: Page Not Found error. We'll need another rewrite rule to redirect from [/flavors] to [/flavors/]. Add a new line to the htaccess file below to accomplish this.
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- RewriteEngine On
- RewriteRule ^flavors/$ /all_flavors.php
- RewriteRule ^flavors/$ /all_flavors.php /$1/ [R=301]
3 Answers
Codie Mullins
2,814 PointsYou are close, you do want to use [R=301], but the challenge is to redirect from /flavors to /flavors/ not redirect to /all_flavors.php. I won't provide the solution but take the code below as an example, assuming I want to redirect from /old/URL/path to /new/path/, my Rewrite Rule would be as follows:
RewriteRule ^old/URL/path$ /new/path/ [R=301]
Hopefully this helps solve the issue. If you have any questions on this let me know.
Evans B. Ofori
Courses Plus Student 13,720 Pointshi Codie,
Thanks for your reply, but I still don't get it. If I understand you correctly I should not use /$1/ I have tried all these cole below. Pleas more hint if you can or any link I could read a little bit more into this.
RewriteRule ^flavors/all_flavors.php$ /flavors/ [R=301]
RewriteRule ^flavors/$ /flavors/ [R=301]
Codie Mullins
2,814 PointsEvans,
Your 2nd example is very close:
RewriteRule ^flavors/$ /flavors/ [R=301]
The ^ begins the line to match and $ ends the line to match. So what the above is saying is redirect /flavors/ to /flavors/. You will need to change it so that it redirects /flavors to /flavors/. This knowledge document on Web Host MediaTemple does a good job explaining how the Regular Expressions work in .htaccess: Using .htaccess rewrite rules.
I hope this information is helpful. I'm trying to explain it as best I can without providing the exact answer.
Evans B. Ofori
Courses Plus Student 13,720 PointsHi Codie,
Now it works. Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your help and the link.