Redirect any directory URL to a file in that directory, using htaccess

Question

Writing a little CMS.

http://mydomain.com/(somefolder)/ should become

http://mydomain.com/(somefolder)/filename

and

http://mydomain.com/(somefolder)/(somefolder2)/ should become

http://mydomain.com/(somefolder)/(somefolder2)/filename

and so on recursively. If recursion is too involved, I'd be happy with the two example directory levels.

filename is some fixed string I'll type into .htaccess when I decide what it should be :)

A bonus would be if I can save one redirect if the directory url is lacking a trailing /. Possible?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-18 16:21:36Z

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You can use this rule in your root .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/$ /$1/filename [L]

answered May 18, 2014 at 16:21

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Henrik Erlandsson Over a year ago

This is correct. However I'm using canonical URLs that sometimes end with /, and those URLs are also affected. Can I add a conditional check that (somefolder) must exist for the rewrite rule to take effect?

Henrik Erlandsson Over a year ago

I dispute that was 5 minutes, since it said 3 minutes ago when I pressed Save Edits. Anyway. If you're using canonical URLs that sometimes end with /, those URLs are also affected. To avoid 404s on these, add RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.+?)/$ /$1/ [L]. If only a subtree of the folders should be affected, put all 5 lines in the .htaccess in the appropriate base folder.

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