simple question rediectMATCH

[hamza]

my .htaccess file contain this

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RedirectMatch hamza.html http://localhost/phpinfo.php

 

what i want it

when i load hamza.html page it will rediect me to over here

http://localhost/phpinfo.php.

 

 

and my .htaccess file is in same folder where hamza.html page is

present .

folder is in root

 

please tel me where i am wrong

[JonnoTheDev]

redirect 301 /hamza.html	http://localhost/phpinfo.php

[hamza]

can anyone give me very simple Redirectmatch running example so i can understand

[JonnoTheDev]

redirectMatch is for pattern matching (regex). It is not what you need. Use the above post.

See the apache docs for examples of redirectMatch

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_alias.html

[hamza]

okay thanks for the link but can you tel me

.htaccess dir position

 

C:\AppServ\www\rewriting practice\

1.htaccess

hamza.html

 

Can you tell me both are in right place and i am not sure .htaccess is

working with hamza.html

 

??? 

 

[JonnoTheDev]

The .htaccess should be placed in the document root for the website.

Your apache configuration should allow .htaccess override.

i.e.

AccessFileName .htaccess
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

[hamza]

The .htaccess should be placed in the document root for the website.

Your apache configuration should allow .htaccess override.

i.e.

AccessFileName .htaccess
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

 

by default allowing is enable or not for  .htaccess file.

can we enable it in php.ini

or

if i have many .htaccess files then evy time i have to

allow it by using tags u shown above.

 

[cags]

Your apache configuration should allow .htaccess override.

i.e.

AccessFileName .htaccess
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

This is information that has to be set in the httpd.conf file to enable you to achieve different things with a .htaccess file. The chances are if you don't have a dedicated server you cannot change these values, so unless your host has them enabled anyway you are out of luck. It seems that you are attempting to do it locally, if that is the 'end game' then you can change the httpd.conf file yourself. It's located in the conf folder of your apache directory. Assuming you installed XAMPP, WAMP, LAMP, MAMP or some such package though, they normally have that sort of thing set-up for you already.

 

NB: I quoted Neil because he posted the code, I know your aware where that information goes Neil, I was pointing out for the sake of the OP who seemed to misunderstand you.