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magace
Joined: 09 Oct 2014
Posts: 2
Location: austin
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 Posted: Thu 09 Oct '14 17:09 Post subject: htaccess redirect |
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Hello can anyone help creating a basic redirect. I tried using a bunch of examples I found online with no luck. 
What I need is to redirect the root of my server 173.x.x.x to a file called test.php in the root of my folder.
example: when I go to http://173.x.x.x I get redirected to http://173.x.x.x/test.php
Thanks for viewing! |
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Fri 10 Oct '14 4:22 Post subject: |
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You really do not need a redirect for this. By default the server will look for what is configured as the DirectoryIndex when no file is specified. Just add to the htaccess
DirectoryIndex test.php |
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magace
Joined: 09 Oct 2014
Posts: 2
Location: austin
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| Posted: Fri 10 Oct '14 4:25 Post subject: |
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| Thanks that works like a charm! |
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Chiba
Joined: 10 Oct 2014
Posts: 1
Location: Germany
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| Posted: Sat 11 Oct '14 3:54 Post subject: |
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Hi, i got a 500 error witch cause me to create a topic in this forum just because i don't have enough knowledge in redirects. Redirects are just bad, because for my case i get 500 error when i accidentally redirect to a sub directory that redirect also to the root so it is confusing a bit. 
Redirects should be avoided to the maximum, and glsmith answer is correct and clean. |
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