I need to load single index.html file before actual index.php I have on server.
I have:
index.html - (intro page)
index.php - (actual webpage index file)
.htaccess rewrite rule
Sounds simple, but .htaccess redirects every webpage query back to my index.html file.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.html [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
What is the best way to make it work?
Don't use mod_rewrite, use DirectoryIndex and give priority to index.html
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
Note: While this should work, I don't recommend it as it creates ambiguity. One of those configuration changes that will haunt you later.
You can simply use DirectoryIndex directive for that:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
From the documentation:
The DirectoryIndex directive sets the list of resources to look for, when the client requests an index of the directory by specifying a / at the end of the directory name. Local-url is the (%-encoded) URL of a document on the server relative to the requested directory; it is usually the name of a file in the directory. Several URLs may be given, in which case the server will return the first one that it finds. If none of the resources exist and the Indexes option is set, the server will generate its own listing of the directory.
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When the website URL is typed in correctly like: https://example.amsterdam
It should instantly change the URL to: https://example.amsterdam/dist/index.php
I already tried to solve this problem with creating a DirectoryIndex dist/index.php The only clue with trying to fix it like this is it only loads up the page and not the correct path in the URL. So when the file is open and you click on a button,
the HREF doesn't work anymore because the path is not correct.
So I basically want to open the file in the correct path in the URL. Instantly when the user types the URL
My current .htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/?(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
This does sound like an X-Y problem, as "redirecting" to the DirectoryIndex document is generally not desirable and sounds like you are compensating for other issues. eg. Using relative URL-paths in your links (and to static assets), exposing the /dist/ subdirectory when this should be hidden, etc.
Anyway, to answer your question specific question...
I already tried to solve this problem with creating a DirectoryIndex dist/index.php
If you specifically want to redirect the request (rather than an internal subrequest) then you can set DirectoryIndexRedirect on in addition to the DirectoryIndex directive. In other words:
DirectoryIndex dist/index.php
DirectoryIndexRedirect on
The above would trigger a 302 (temporary) redirect. You can use the http status code 301 for a permanent redirect. See the docs for other options.
Note that the DirectoryIndex directive applies to any directory that you request. So, if you were to request /dist/ then the above directive would cause mod_dir to look for /dist/dist/index.php (since you had specified a relative path). You could use DirectoryIndex /dist/index.php (a root-relative path) to always serve the same file, regardless of whether a subdirectory is requested.
Alternatively, to only redirect the document root then use mod_rewrite. For example:
RewriteRule ^$ /dist/index.php [R,L]
Again, the above is a 302 (temporary) redirect. Use R=301 for a permanent redirect.
Although you shouldn't need index.php to be present in the (visible) URL, so just redirect the root to /dist/ and let a standard DirectoryIndex do the work. For example:
DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteRule ^$ /dist/ [R,L]
Reference:
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindexredirect
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule
I currently use ipage as a host and have a domain pointing to an index.html. However, I need the domain to point to an index.php instead. So I created a .htaccess and only wrote; DirectoryIndex index.php index.html and saved it but it's not working and users are still being directed to index.html. There is one issue and that index.php is inside a folder called "SourceFolder". So I think the server looks for index.php and can't find it.
Your DirectoryIndex directive is fine but you need to route request to correct folder.
Have this code in root .htaccess:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule !^SourceFolder/ SourceFolder%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NC]
So your default 'root' directory of the website has a folder in it called SourceFolder, and the index.php file is in there?
If so, then simply do the following inside htaccess.
DirectoryIndex SourceFolder/index.php
This will look for index.php inside SourceFolder.
My friend recently told me that I was able to do something like
http://example.com/about/
without having to create a directory and place a index.html inside of it, like this.
http://example.com/about/index.html
How in the world do you do this? I didn't know it was even possible to do unless you created a directory and placed a index.html inside of it, anyway thanks. :)
If you use Apache as WEB server, use .htaccess for you site root directory.
Write following rule here:
DirectoryIndex index.html
Also you can use more than one file here:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
In this case first found will be used.
If you don't want to use .htaccess, you can setup same in Apache config file (httpd.conf):
< Directory /foo>
DirectoryIndex index.html
DirectoryIndex index.php
< /Directory>
Here /foo - root directory of your site
Servers like Nginx can allow you to rewrite URLs, so you can place your file wherever you want.
If you use Apache web server then create a file named .htaccess
and write code like below
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?load=$1 [PT,L]
If this code when you type a url like www.example.com/about its doing to open your aboutController
Write aabout in this url http://salopek.eu/content/28/create-a-simple-php-mvc-framework
If you does not use Apache or you want simple solution then then you can just create a folder named about and create a simple index.html or index.php file. Then when you type www.example.com/about
it opens your about\index.html or index.php file
I hope it helps
My .htaccess file contains the following directives
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
# redirect invalid requests and missing files to the home page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/ [L]
The problem is that many programmers(loosely used term) worked on this site. Some directories use index.html and some use index.php.
If a directory uses index.php, the request to www.mydomain.com/directory looks for www.mydomain.com/directory/index.html and is redirected to www.mydomain.com before it can look for www.mydomain.com/directory/index.php
How can I both try all DirectoryIndex files AND redirect missing files to the home page?
How can I both try all DirectoryIndex files AND redirect missing files
to the home page?
I don't think that's possible with mod_rewrite or mod_alias modules. You have to look for other options to solve the problem. Here is an idea using the same DirectoryIndex directive to force the loading of a file at root directory as the last option:
Place this line in one .htaccess file at root directory:
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html /missing.php
Create missing.php in root directory with these lines of code:
<?php
header("Location: http://www.example.com/"); // Redirect
?>
No additional directives or rules are needed. missing.php at root directory will be loaded if none of the previous files (From left to right) is found at the target directory. All requests must have a trailing slash for this to work, though.
missing,php is just an example. Any file name can be used.
UPDATED with additional option:
According to OP comment:
"But how do I handle missing files such as example.com/file-not-on-server.php"
In this case, mod_rewrite is indeed a solution.
You may try this in the .htaccess file at root:
# Directive that solves the original question
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html /missing.php
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Next condition is met when the requested file doesn't exist
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# If previous condition was met, use the next rule
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php [L,NC]
NOTES:
1. /index.php in the rule, is just an example. It can be any file.
2. For permanent redirection, replace [L,NC] with [R=301,L,NC].
I have a website, say http://mysite.com. I would like to put index.php in a subdirectory, public_html/mysubdir/index.php. I would like public_html/mysubdir/index.php to get executed when the user goes to http://mysite.com. And I would like the url to continue to read http://mysite.com. Is this possible?
If your webserver is Apache you could use URL rewriting with mod_rewrite.
Another option is to create an index.php in the root directory and include index.php in the sub directory.
Rewrite rules may be overkill for this depending on what you want. For just your main index page, this will work...
Simply adding this one line to your .htaccess file:
DirectoryIndex mysubdir/index.php
It will display the page located at mysubdir/index.php while simply showing http://mysite.com in the URL.
I use this method myself. While all of my pages are located in the same subdirectory, the home page is displayed with my domain name by itself (http://www.mysite.com). All other pages show the full URL.
If you also have index pages within deeper subdirectories and want those to come up by default within the subdirectory.
Example:
If you want this page: http://mysite.com/mysubdir/anothersub/index.php
to come up with this URL: http://mysite.com/mysubdir/anothersub/
Then modify the line with another index.php like this...
DirectoryIndex mysubdir/index.php index.php
What this does is tell the server to look for files with those names in that same order. If it can't find the first, it tries the second, and so on.
When you're inside your root at / it finds and then displays mysubdir/index.php.
When you're inside another subdirectory like /mysubdir/anothersub/, it can't find anything named mysubdir/index.php so it goes to the next item and displays index.php
You could use a .htaccess file and define Rewrite rules.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html
Make sure that mod_rewrite is enabled and then place .htaccess file in your root directory with something like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ your_subdir/index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>