PHP URL Rewriting

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I am setting up some rewrite rules on an Apache server using mod_rewrite. I was wondering if it was possible to write a rule that will basically re-direct the user to the home page if the page is not found i.e.

http://example.com/test  <-- does not exist

However, I would like if the user was to navigate to this domain they are automatically re-directed to:

http://example.com/

With this in mind, I don't want the URL to still display "http://example.com/test" I would like the URL to update itself to become "http://example.com/".

ceejayoz · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-08 14:39:53Z

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ http://domain.com/ [L,R=301]

Essentially, "if the requested filename is not a file or directory, redirect".

answered Oct 8, 2009 at 14:39

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James Over a year ago

Slight problem...my other redirect rules are no longer working, everything is re-directing to the root! Any ideas? for example one rule is "RewriteRule ^enquiries(.*)$ index.php?m=feedback". Why is this no longer working?

ceejayoz Over a year ago

Your other rules would need to come first, and have the [L] flag to prevent further rules from executing.

James Over a year ago

Yeah I have them in front of the rule you provided, I added a backslash to them and it worked i.e. "domain.com/enquiries" goes to the enquiries page, however, "domain.com.enquiries" redirects to the home page. Any ideas?

James Over a year ago

Just to update this, it was actually my rule for the enquiries page that was causing this issue I was using (.+) instead of (.*) like I had said I was using!

Gumbo · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-08 14:45:02Z

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I wouldn’t use a HTTP redirection but instead send an error document together with the proper error status code.

answered Oct 8, 2009 at 14:45

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James Over a year ago

+1 I could re-direct the user to an error document and just display the correct error. I was looking for the correct rule tho as to how to re-direct the URL + update the URL

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