A Working Rewrite

[hackalive]

So I thought at first my server might be incorrectly configured because no supplied rewrite would work but ...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^old.html$ new.html

does, so what I need is a working rewrite that allows a user to type:

 

http://www.mydomain.com/contact and that will display the page http://www.mydomain.com/contact.php with the url bar still showing http://www.mydomain.com/contact, like the above sample

[hackalive]

So a development

 

Thanks to cags

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ /$1.php [L]

 

This will allow me to type http://www.mydomain.com/ent and see root/ent.php

BUT if there is also an ent foler in root it makes it automatically go to http://www.mydomain.com/ent/ and then breaks all the CSS and also is annoying

 

So I need to figure out why this does this

[hackalive]

After taking time to re-read and investigation with trial and error the stuff from cags earlier I now have this

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ /$1.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/?$ /$1/$2.php [L]

 

Only ONE thing really annoys me with this

if I do http://www.mydomain.com/corporate/bios the URL stays looking that way in the browser YAY

BUT if I do http://www.mydomain.com/corporate the URL automatically changes to http://www.mydomain.com/corporate/ .... I would rather it did not do that ...

 

one last hurdle

[hackalive]

This ...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)?$ /$1.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/?$ /$1/$2.php [L]

 

still sends it to corporate/ but now returns a FORBIDDEN error as well

[Jumpy09]

I just tested this and it works for me.  I get sent to the folder/file.php when I do folder/file  and sent to the file.php when I just do /file

 

I have no idea why you would be getting a Forbidden Error.

 

I tested using

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)?$ school/$1.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/?$ school/$1/$2.php [L]

 

Edit: As for the RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)?$ school/$1.php [L] line I would put the trailing / back in it as it'll work either way.  I don't have the / at the end for me, but the second one works with or without the trailing / whereas since I suggested you take it out of the first one, if you do www.domain.com/file/ it won't do anything.

[hackalive]

I have this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)?$ /$1.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/?$ /$1/$2.php [L]

 

I go to http://www.mydomain.com/corporate it takes me straight to (the url looks like) http://www.mydomain.com/corporate/ still

 

for http://www.mydomain.com/corporate/bios it works fine, its just any that are not within a folder

 

htdocs/corporate.php

[Jumpy09]

As I said put the trailing slash back in the first rule

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ /$1.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/?$ /$1/$2.php [L]

 

If you don't have it, it will try to access htdocs/corporate/ which I am guessing your settings are set to prevent directory access.

 

As for why it is adding the trailing slash, I have no idea.

[hackalive]

still takes me to corporate/