Topic: Need some help with Apache RewriteRule in .htaccess

[tykesplace]

Hello,

I'm new to Apache and am just learning and researching Rewrite. I've been reading Apache tutorials and have a very basic understanding of the RewriteRule syntax. For my current site I'm trying rewrite URLs if the requested URL contains a particular sub folder.

Example:

[Steffen]

You can try to include a rule inside <directory> :


<Directory "x:/xxx/xxx/static">

Rule

</Directory>

[tykesplace]

Thanks for the response Steffan. Please understand that I'm very new to Apache. I don't quite understand what your saying about <directory>.

I tried this but received an internal server error.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
<Directory "http://mysite.com/static">
RewriteRule ^/static/(.*)\.html$ /local/staticpage/view.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</Directory>

Was that what you were suggesting I try?

Darrel

[Steffen]

Explanation <directory> is at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#directory .

You cannot use http://.. with directory, but the path to the folder where you want to apply the rule. For example c:/apache2/xx/xx

[tykesplace]

Whilst trying various things I discovered that I needed to remove the leading slash before static/ in the RewriteRule.


Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^static/(.*)\.html$ /local/staticpage/view.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

or

RewriteRule ^(.*)static/(.*)\.html$ $1/local/staticpage/view.php?page=$2 [L]


Either of those work.

Thanks for your assistance.