I have a problem whereby google has indexed some pages with the wrong url.
The url they are indexing is:
http://www.example.com/index.php/section1/section2
I need it to redirect to:
http://www.example.com/section1/section2
.htaccess isn't my forte, so any help would be much appreciated.
The original answer is actually correct, but lacks explanation. I would like to add some explanations and modifications.
I suggest reading this short introduction https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/intro.html (15mins) and reference these 2 pages while reading.
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/flags.html
This is the basic rule to hide index.php from the URL. Put this in your root .htaccess file.
mod_rewrite must be enabled with PHP and this will work for the PHP version higher than 5.2.6.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*) /index.php/$1 [L]
Think %{REQUEST_FILENAME} as the the path after host.
E.g. https://www.example.com/index.html, %{REQUEST_FILENAME} is /index.html
So the last 3 lines means, if it's not a regular file !-f and not a directory !-d, then do the RewriteRule.
As for RewriteRule formats:
So RewriteRule (.*) /index.php/$1 [L] means, if the 2 RewriteCond are satisfied, it (.*) would match everything after the hostname. . matches any single character , .* matches any characters and (.*) makes this a variables can be references with $1, then replace with /index.php/$1. The final effect is to add a preceding index.php to the whole URL path.
E.g. for https://www.example.com/hello, it would produce, https://www.example.com/index.php/hello internally.
Another key problem is that this indeed solve the question. Internally, (I guess) it always need https://www.example.com/index.php/hello, but with rewriting, you could visit the site without index.php, apache adds that for you internally.
Btw, making an extra .htaccess file is not very recommended by the Apache doc.
Rewriting is typically configured in the main server configuration
setting (outside any <Directory> section) or inside <VirtualHost>
containers. This is the easiest way to do rewriting and is recommended
To remove index.php from the URL, and to redirect the visitor to the non-index.php version of the page:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]
This will cleanly redirect /index.php/myblog to simply /myblog.
Using a 301 redirect will preserve Google search engine rankings.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.*)index\.php($|\ |\?)
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,L]
Assuming the existent url is
http://example.com/index.php/foo/bar
and we want to convert it into
http://example.com/foo/bar
You can use the following rule :
RewriteEngine on
#1) redirect the client from "/index.php/foo/bar" to "/foo/bar"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php/(.+)\sHTTP [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NE,L,R]
#2)internally map "/foo/bar" to "/index.php/foo/bar"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
In the spep #1 we first match against the request string and capture everything after the /index.php/ and the captured value is saved in %1 var. We then send the browser to a new url.
The #2 processes the request internally. When the browser arrives at /foo/bar , #2rule rewrites the new url to the orignal location.
Steps to remove index.php from url for your wordpress website.
Check you should have mod_rewrite enabled at your server.
To check whether it's enabled or not - Create 1 file phpinfo.php at your root folder with below command.
<?php
phpinfo?();
?>
Now run this file - www.yoursite.com/phpinfo.php and it will show mod_rewrite at Load modules section.
If not enabled then perform below commands at your terminal.
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
Make sure your .htaccess is existing in your WordPress root folder, if not create one .htaccess file
Paste this code at your .htaccess file :-
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
Further make permission of .htaccess to 666 so that it become writable and now you can do changes in your wordpress permalinks.
Now go to Settings -> permalinks -> and change to your needed url format.
Remove this code /index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
and insert this code on Custom Structure: /%postname%/
If still not succeeded then check your hosting, mine was digitalocean server, so I cleared it myself
Edited the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
Added this line after DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory /var/www/html>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
Restart your apache server
Note: /var/www/html will be your document root
Do the following steps
1. Make sure that the hosting / your pc mod_rewrite module is active. if not active then try to activate in a way, open the httpd.conf file. You can check this in the phpinfo.php to find out.
change this setting :
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
to be and restart wamp
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
2. Then go to .htaccess file, and try to modify to be:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)\?*$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
if above does not work try with this:
RewriteEngine on
# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php
3. Move .htaccess file to root directory, where is index.php there.
www OR root folder
- index.php
- .htaccess
Some may get a 403 with the method listed above using mod_rewrite. Another solution to rewite index.php out is as follows:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Put your installation directory here:
RewriteBase /
# Do not enable rewriting for files or directories that exist
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
I have used many codes from the above mentioned sections for removing index.php form the base url. But it was not working from my end. So, you can use this code which I have used and its working properly.
If you really need to remove index.php from the base URL then just put this code in your htaccess.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]
This will work, use the following code in .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
# Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.+) index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
I don't have to many bulky code to give out just a little snippet solved the issue for me.
i have https://example.com/entitlements/index.php rather i want anyone that types it to get error on request event if you type https://example.com/entitlements/index
you will still get error since there's this word "index" is contained there will always be an error thrown back though the content of index.php will still be displayed properly
cletus post on "https://stackoverflow.com/a/1055655/12192635" which
solved it
Edit your .htaccess file with the below
to redirect people visiting https://example.com/entitlements/index.php to 404 page
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php[\ /?].*HTTP/
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [R=404,L]
to redirect people visiting https://example.com/entitlements/index to 404 page
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \index[\ /?].*HTTP/
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [R=404,L]
Not withstanding we have already known that the above code works with already existing codes on stack see where i applied the code above just below the all codes at it end.
# The following will allow you to use URLs such as the following:
#
# example.com/anything
# example.com/anything/
#
# Which will actually serve files such as the following:
#
# example.com/anything.html
# example.com/anything.php
#
# But *only if they exist*, otherwise it will report the usual 404 error.
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
# Remove trailing slashes.
# e.g. example.com/foo/ will redirect to example.com/foo
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [R=permanent,QSA]
# Redirect to HTML if it exists.
# e.g. example.com/foo will display the contents of example.com/foo.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.html [L,QSA]
# Redirect to PHP if it exists.
# e.g. example.com/foo will display the contents of example.com/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php[\ /?].*HTTP/
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [R=404,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \index[\ /?].*HTTP/
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [R=404,L]
try this, it work for me
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Enable Rewrite Engine
# ------------------------------
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Redirect index.php Requests
# ------------------------------
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !/system/.*
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,L]
# Standard ExpressionEngine Rewrite
# ------------------------------
RewriteCond $1 !\.(css|js|gif|jpe?g|png) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
For more detail
create .htaccess file on project root directory and put below code for remove index.php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index.php|resources|robots.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
I have this .htaccess file in Wordpress. It's located at /file_name/ (web root). I need to exclude a folder (booknow) from the rewrite engine.
I've tried this code:
RewriteRule ^/booknow($|/) - [L]
My Full .htaccess code given below:
#BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /file_now/
RewriteRule ^/booknow($|/) - [L]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /file_now/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
#END WordPress
I tried this code but it didn't work.
Firstly assuming the br in your code are mistakes and not that you're writing HTML inside a .htaccess file.
The pattern in your rewrite rule has both a slash in the RewriteBase and the RewriteRule, so it's looking for something like /file_name//booknow/ You should instead type:
RewriteRule ^booknow($|/) - [L]
I got my own answer. I create a .htaccess File in WordPress directory booknow folder then I added below code to .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{file_now/booknow} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [NC,L]
ErrorDocument 404 /file_now/booknow/404page.php
Now My Booknow folder is properly working.
Try this code:
RewriteRule ^(directory_name)($|/) - [L]
I've just started to use .htaccess and i'm having an issue here.
Inside my public_html folder i have these files.
index.php
profile.php
test.php
.htaccess
And when i go to profile.php file i have some parameters.
http://website.com/profile.php?id=1&name=Doe
For showing better SEO links i'm trying to make it appear like this
http://website.com/1/Doe
with this rewrite condition
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ profile.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
depended on this answer (click here)
and then in my php file i get the id of the user so i can make the queries etc with this code
$path_components = explode('/', $_GET['url']);
$ctrl=$path_components[0];
But the thing is that if i do so every file in my folder is trying to make the Rewrite Rule but i want a specific file... the profile.php one.
EDiT 1:
So from the comment below i made this htaccess file, and regardless the mod_rewrite is enabled on my server, the link is not changing at all.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/profile.php$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)(?:/)?$ /profile.php?id=$1&name=$2 [L]
</IfModule>
And my php file now..
$path_components = explode('/', $_GET['id']);
$ctrl=$path_components[0];
But the link
http://website.com/profile.php?id=1&name=Doe
is not changing at all.
You need to redirect your old url to the new one, put this above your existing rule
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /profile\.php\?id=([0-9]+)&name=(.+)\sHTTP [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/%2? [L,R]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /profile.php?id=$1&name=$2 [L]
Hello the issue is simple: you should exclude existing files/folders from rewriting process.
I would recommend to have only one index.php page where you get all the request and process in one place. Anyway your working htaccess file should look like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# exclude real folders/files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteRule ^ index.php [L] - # redirect anything to index
# for your version
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ profile.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
I need a rewrite rule, which rewrites every request to index.php, except when the word web is in the url. So, every image, JS, CSS file is located under the web folder. Here are my .htaccess file which currently does the trick:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Folders / files to exclude from rewrite divided by Pipe goes here:
RewriteRule (^|/)web(/|$) - [L,NC]
# turn empty requests into requests for "index.php",
# keeping the query string intact
RewriteRule ^$ index.php [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !favicon.ico$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
This works for:
http://localhost/~alpham8/application/index/index/
http://localhost/~alpham8/application/
http://localhost/~alpham8/application/index/someaction/
http://localhost/~alpham8/application/web/img/someimage.png
But it does not work for:
http://localhost/~alpham8/application/somecontroller/someaction/
The none-working URL´s returns me an 404 error.
Please help me.
I have this very critical issue of Wordpress messing up with my website's sub directories. Following is the very detailed info.
I have a wordpress installed on root . Unfortunately, I cannot move it to a folder.
I have 3 other custom PHP applications in following 3 respective directories
a. /client
b. /console
c. /order
Following are the .htaccess code for each of these directories
.htaccess code for /client folder
# This Directive will make Apache look first
# for "index_good.html" before looking for "index.html"
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^orders$ orders.php
RewriteRule ^profile$ profile.php
RewriteRule ^orders/pending$ orders.php?type=pending
RewriteRule ^orders/completed$ orders.php?type=completed
RewriteRule ^logincheck$ logincheck.php
RewriteRule ^login$ login.php
RewriteRule ^logout$ logout.php
RewriteRule ^ticket/open$ support-ticket-open.php
RewriteRule ^ticket/open/step/2$ support-ticket-open-2.php
RewriteRule ^order/view/(\w+)$ show-order-details.php?id=$1 [L]
.htaccess for /console folder
# This Directive will make Apache look first
# for "index_good.html" before looking for "index.html"
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^orders$ orders.php
RewriteRule ^services$ services.php
RewriteRule ^service/add$ add-service.php
RewriteRule ^coupons$ coupons.php
RewriteRule ^markups$ markups.php
RewriteRule ^markups/view/maincat$ markups.php?view=maincat
RewriteRule ^markups/view/markup$ markups.php?view=markup
RewriteRule ^markups/view/option$ markups.php?view=option
RewriteRule ^order/add/step/(\w+)$ add-order.php?step=$1
RewriteRule ^order/add$ add-order.php
RewriteRule ^client/add$ add-client.php
RewriteRule ^clients$ clients.php
RewriteRule ^logout$ logout.php
RewriteRule ^login$ login.php
RewriteRule ^ordering/service$ service-ordering.php
RewriteRule ^ordering/markup$ markup-ordering.php
RewriteRule ^setting/markup$ markup-setting.php
RewriteRule ^setting/general$ general-settings.php
RewriteRule ^tickets$ tickets.php
RewriteRule ^ticket/open$ open-ticket.php
RewriteRule ^order/view/(\w+)$ show-order-details.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^client/orders/(\w+)$ orders.php?client_id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^ticket/update/([\w-]+)$ update-ticket.php?ticket_no=$1 [L]
.htaccess for order folder
# This Directive will make Apache look first
# for "index_good.html" before looking for "index.html"
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^order$ order.php
RewriteRule ^order/([^/\.]+)/$ order.php?service=$1
RewriteRule ^order/view/(\w+)$ show-order-details.php?id=$1 [L]
.htaccess for Wordpress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Now the issue is that all /client & /console folder are properly accessible. But I have a folder called /server/php/ inside /order folder. This folder seems to be inaccessible and redirects to a Wordpress 404 page. I've been trying hard. But, everything is in vain. Please lemme know what the issue can be . Also, I cannot move the Wordpress to a /wp folder. So, please advice accordingly.
Thanks in advance!
I once had an issue like this, i had a cakephp app in a subdirectory that has wordpress ass root, edit your wordpress htaccess to look like this
#Action php /cgi-php52/php
#AddHandler php52 .php
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(order/server/php/|order/server/php/.*)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
This is basically telling it to ignore Rewrite condition for the url that point to folders client, console and order