Making .htaccess rewrite all requests to /web with a front controller? - php

I'm trying to route all requests to /web/index.php (front controller) while serving static files directly if they exist.
The following .htaccess file was taken from a Symfony 2 application, and seems to work fine as it is. Requests are sent to ./index.php and I can access to static files like ./web/css/style.css. I'm working on a shared hosting (not a good one) and this .htaccess seems the only one working (this will cause a 500 error).
How can I have route all requests to /web folder? It seems that I need to change something in E=BASE variable, I've tried [E=BASE:%1/web] but it doesn't work.
I have a little understanding of rewrite rules, can you point me to the right direction?
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^index\.php(/(.*)|$) %{ENV:BASE}/$2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule .? - [L]
# Rewrite all other queries to the front controller.
RewriteRule .? %{ENV:BASE}/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

I may be way off here... but isn't it just: change the last line to:
RewriteRule .? %{ENV:BASE}/web/index.php [L]
For the static files it needs to be looking in your /web folder to check if the file exists. Currently the RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f just checks if the filepath requested exists.
Try throwing a RewriteBase command in before the RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f:
RewriteBase /web/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f

You can replace your .htaccess with this code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*?)index\.php$ /$1 [L,R=302,NC,NE]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^((?!web/).*)$ web/$1 [L,NC]

Let's assume that your domain is gremo_silex.com, and your hosting has directory for it like
~/domains/gremo_silex.com/public_html
(all hosting services I used last few years had directory structure similar to this).
Then you can place your Silex project one directory up (in ~/domains/gremo_silex.com) and rename your web directory to public_html, this way there's no web in your url's.

I encountered the same issue today. Normally the web host would allow you to change Apache's document root (my preferred method) but in this case it wasn't possible. So with some hackery I compiled this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# Serve all public files from /web/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !web/
RewriteRule (.*) /web/$1 [L]
# If file doesn't exist send to front controller
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
The REQUEST_URI header comes in to PHP without the /web prefix too, so routing should work out of the box.

Related

How to arrange a wordpress htaccess to access a directory with a complete web inside

I'm failing in edit a .htaccess file.
I created a complete website in a php slim framework (let's call it website S).
My client have a wordpress website (let's call it website W) that will have links toward my website S.
I copied all the files of my website S inside a directory of the root directory of the website W.
My idea is to change the follow htaccess (created by wordpress) to allow public access to the directory without creating any problem to move inside website S.
First .htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !on [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !wc-api [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website.pe$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.website.pe
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://website.pe/$1 [R=301,L,NE]
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Then, I guess I could use inside the directory where the website S would be, the typical htaccess that works properly for it.
Edited I added the structure of the website S. The index.php is inside a public directory there.
Second .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteBase /
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
I try different ways but, or get the message
"Forbidden You don't have permission to access this resource."
Or get inside but the website W stop working.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteBase /
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
In the config you've posted you would just need to remove the RewriteBase / directive from the second .htaccess file in the "slim" subdirectory. This is causing requests to your slim website to be routed back through the WordPress site in the document root (which would presumably result in a 404).
My idea is to change the follow htaccess (created by wordpress) to allow public access to the directory without creating any problem to move inside website S
You shouldn't need to touch the WordPress .htaccess file in the document root. This already allows you to access website S.
By default, the .htaccess file (or rather, the mod_rewrite directives) in the slim subdirectory is going to completely override the WordPress .htaccess file in the root.
Consequently, you'll need to repeat the HTTP to HTTPS redirect in the slim subdirectory (with a difference*1), before the existing directives. Presumably, the intention is to also redirect www to non-www? Although your current redirect (in the root .htaccess file) is not doing this properly.
For example, at the top of your second .htaccess file in the slim directory add the following:
# Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and www to non-www
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !on [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(website\.pe) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
*1 Note the use of the REQUEST_URI variable instead of the $1 backreference as used in the root .htaccess file. This is necessary when used in the subdirectory, otherwise, the subdirectory will be omitted from the redirected URL.
NB: Test first with a 302 (temporary) redirect to avoid caching issues.
UPDATE:
But I can't make the website S to run because inside the website S directory exist a public subdirectory with the index.php, arranged like this:
website.pe/ (website W wordpress)
-slimdirectory/ (website S slim)
--vendor/
--public/
---css/
---fonts/
---images/
---js/
---index.php
--bootstrap/
---app.php
--etc..
This is a rather important bit of information missing from your initial question. I assume that the public subdirectory is not part of the visible URL, in which case your second .htaccess file in the slim subdirectory (the parent directory of public) should be something like this instead:
# /slimdirectory/.htaccess
RewriteEngine On
# Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and www to non-www
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !on [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(website\.pe) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Calculate base directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)/(.*)::\2$
RewriteRule (.*) - [E=BASE:%1]
# Slim front-controller
RewriteRule ^public/index\.php - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . public/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^$ public/index.php [L]
The QSA flag is not required.
You do not need the <IfModule> wrapper.
Yes MrWhite, I delete in the second .htaccess the RewriteBase / and now I can access a simple index.html in the directory where the slim website is that I used for testing.
But I can't make the website S to run because inside the website S directory exist a public subdirectory with the index.php, arranged like this:
website.pe/ (website W wordpress)
-slimdirectory/ (website S slim)
--.htacess
--vendor/
--public/
---css/
---fonts/
---images/
---js/
---index.php
--bootstrap/
---app.php
--etc..
I am new to htaccess and don't understand how one htaccess overwrite the other one, so if I use something like you told me in my second htaccess only like this
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and www to non-www
RewriteCond %{ENV:HTTPS} !on [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(website\.pe) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
That should work... but still not

laravel API routs return 404 error in 000webhost [duplicate]

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]

How can I publish laravel on shared web hosting without changing the directory setup?

I am trying to deploy a new Laravel project on a shared hosting. I also would like to keep my Laravel project apps setup the same as if it was on my local machine "standard Laravel setup".
I used FileZilla to transfer all the files from my local machine to the web hosting.
so /public_html contains all of my laravel file and folders.
However, when I go to mydomain.com I get the provider's default page. Ans when I go to mydomain.com/public I get a white page with no errors.
Why do I get a white page when visiting mydomain.com/public?
Also, how can I make mydomain.com point to laravel's public directory?
1) Why do I get a white page when visiting mydomain.com/public?
Probably because you did not make sure the storage folder is writable.
2) how can I make mydomain.com point to laravel's public directory?
Here is an easy way of putting laravel under public directory.*
First of all, in the root of your laravel installation you have to either copy or rename the file server.php to index.php then you can use .htaccess so you can only access index.php or resources like css,js,fonts,images etc.. which should be located in public/
Here is the .htaccess i use: (put this in the root of laravel/same dir of the server.php)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! (\.ttf|\.woff|\.woff2|\.css|\.js|\.png|\.jpg|\.gif|robots\.txt)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/
RewriteRule ^(css|js|images|fonts)/(.*)$ public/$1/$2 [L,NC]
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L]
*(note that this solution should only be used if you have no other option other than putting laravel inside a public directory)
Upload your project and add .htaccess file in the project root directory and paste this in the .htaccess file that u have created
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^ ^$1 [N]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.\w+$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ server.php
</IfModule>
Then hit your domain, visit your project

Fat Free Framework configurations on a subdomain

I am trying to deploy an Fat Free Framework app on a subdomain. It worked fine on my local server but I get a blank page on deploying it on a sub-domain on a live site. I believe I somehow got my configurations (.htaccess, config/routes) wrong but I've tried several but can't get it to work. My configs are:
.routes file
[routes]
GET /games/#gameid/#move = WebPage->getgames
.config file
[globals]
AUTOLOAD = app/;third_party/;third_party/phpQuery/
DEBUG = 0
UI = views/
ENCODING = utf-8
LOGS= tmp/cache/
.htaccess file
#mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L,QSA]
#Hotlinking Protection
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?subdomain.domain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(js|css|jpg|gif|png|bmp|mp4|3gp|m4a|m4r|aac|mp3|ogg|wave)$ - [F]
#PHP code in HTML file
AddType fcgid-script .php .htm .html .phtml
I'm on PHP Version 5.3.28 Apache 2.3.7
Folder Structure
subdomain.domain.com (subdomain folder)
.htaccess file
index.php file
app folder
db folder
views folder
third_party folder
tmp folder
On my local server I have .htaccess file like this
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from ::1
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule .* index.php [L,QSA]
This seems incorrect:
RewriteBase /subdomain.domain.com
I would change it to simply be this:
RewriteBase /
The reason being is RewriteBase only refers to the URL base of the server itself and not anything further “to the left” of that. Meaning if this is your main site URL:
http://subdomain.domain.com
Setting a RewriteBase /subdomain.domain.com would mean that the rules would only act on the URL of :
http://subdomain.domain.com/subdomain.domain.com
And to make it a bit clearer, one would only adjust RewriteBase / (an then the corresponding RewriteRule) if the code is running on a path “to the right” of the base URL. So let’s say you installed it in the directory mycoolapp/ and you wanted that to be accessible like this:
RewriteBase /mycoolapp/
And then you would have to adjust the RewriteRule for the index.php like this:
RewriteRule . /mycoolapp/index.php [L,QSA]
EDIT: Based on you providing the .htaccess for your local setup, you have this for your mod_rewrite:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule .* index.php [L,QSA]
But on your subdomain setup you have this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L,QSA]
Why the radical difference? Just use the mod_rewrite stuff that works from your local setup. Specifically get rid of this line on your subdomain setup:
RewriteBase /
And change this line:
RewriteRule . /index.php [L,QSA]
To be this:
RewriteRule .* index.php [L,QSA]
So the final subdomain .htaccess should have this:
#mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule .* index.php [L,QSA]
#Hotlinking Protection
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?subdomain.domain.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(js|css|jpg|gif|png|bmp|mp4|3gp|m4a|m4r|aac|mp3|ogg|wave)$ - [F]
#PHP code in HTML file
AddType fcgid-script .php .htm .html .phtml
Apparently it was caused by a php error and because I had show errors turned off, I couldn't see it. It was caught by the support staff of my web host after I uploaded a fresh install of the app and got
Internal Server Error
Fatal error: syntax error, unexpected '['
Specifically my web hosting support staff said it had to do with PHP array dereferencing. I quote partly below
..it looks like a part of your scripts are using array dereferencing
which works on PHP 5.4+, and..
So we switched to PHP 5.4+ and bam everything went into place.
BTW I used the following .htaccess
#mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php [L,QSA]
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htaccess rewrites for two directories

I am attempting to use rewrite rules for accessing two directories. I grabbed and tested a lot of code from online and other SO posts but what I ended up with still doesn't work properly. Here's what I'm trying to do:
1) If page request is for /home, /test, /404, /etc, load the files from the /app directory and traverse like this: /home, /news/topics/post, /contact/, /blog/category/date/post
2) If the page request is for /admin only, then load the files from the /admin directory and be able to traverse like so: /admin or /dashboard, /admin/page/edit, /admin/page/delete, /admin/page/create, /admin/section/delete/
What is happening?
If I go to /home or just /, works just fine! But if I got to /test, /contact, /admin, /etc I get a 404 file not found
File structure (can be changed though):
/admin
--dashboard.php
/app
--index.php
.favicon.png
.favicon.ico
.htaccess
I'm starting to think that it might be better to just hard-code the rewrites like this instead:
RewriteRule ^home$ /atlas.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^admin$ /admin/dashboard.php [NC,L]
...but I thought I'd see if the SO community could help before I throw in the towel on this one.
Any suggestions?
My current code:
Options -Indexes
Options -MultiViews
Options +FollowSymLinks
# Set the default site page
DirectoryIndex /app/index.php home
# Rewrite Rules and Conditions
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# Remove www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L,NC]
# Assets are in /app
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.(gif|jpg|png|jpeg|css|js|svg|swf)$ /app/$1.$2 [L,NC]
# First, check if request is to site pages, which is in /app/
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/app%{REQUEST_URI} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/app%{REQUEST_URI} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /app/index.php?/$1 [NC,L]
# Second, check if request is to /admin, which is in /admin/
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/admin%{REQUEST_URI} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/admin%{REQUEST_URI} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /admin/dashboard.php?/$1 [NC,L]
# Default to /app
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} !^/app/
RewriteRule ^(\w+)$ /app/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
I think you can just do:
#admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^/admin(.*)$ /admin_handler.php?path=$1 [QSA]
#app
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /app_handler.php?path=$1 [QSA]
If all your URLs need /app in them why not just put /app in them? Adding it in the rewrite is pointless.
When you have rewrites it's great to have a single point of entry because you just rewrite everything to that file and let PHP handle it. It's much easier to figure out what a request is in PHP than in mod_rewrite. This setup now has two entry points, one for visitors and one for the admin stuff but you can even just merge those into one.

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