Rewrite Rule not working...

[techiefreak05]

Ive tried many different variations of this rewrite, but nothing works:

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^go/([0-9a-zA-Z]+)$ redir/?goto=$1 [L]

 

 

It needs to redirect from "/go/(anything)" => "/redir/?goto=(anything)"

 

But when i go to "/go/95c4fa14" I get a 404 error..

 

My host is 1and1.

any hints?

[wildteen88]

Should work find as long as you have a index.php file in the redir/ folder. Try specifying the filename too:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^go/([0-9a-zA-Z]+)$ redir/index.php?goto=$1 [L]

 

[techiefreak05]

http://tinywebbies.com/go/95c4fa14

 

I still get a 404 error

 

But if you go here:

 

http://tinywebbies.com/redir/index.php?goto=95c4fa14

 

it works...

[wildteen88]

Maybe Apache is not reading your .htaccess file. You can tell this by placing some invalid commands into the .htaccess file eg:

foobar123 # an invalid command
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^go/([0-9a-zA-Z]+)$ redir/index.php?goto=$1 [L]

When you go to your site or folder the .htaccess is in you should get an 500 Internal Server Error message appear. If you dont Apache is not configured to read .htaccess files.

 

I tried the rewriterule and they both work fine.

[techiefreak05]

I do get a 500 Error.

The weird thing is, Putting in "RewriteBase /" (without quote) in my .htaccess gives me a 500 erro as well!

 

When a while ago, it didnt. 1and1 is very bizarre...

[techiefreak05]

I've come to the conclusion its 1&1's server ..

any idea what to do?

 

Im not about to use their technical support cuz its garbage...