How to set the web root and hide app.php and app_dev.php in localhost using xampp and apache?

Question

I'm using symfony in my local computer for programming. its address is http://localhost/RTL/web/app_dev.php/secure_area.

How can I change this address to http://localhost/secure_area?

I mean removing RTL/web/app_dev.php.

I'm using xampp, apache and symfony 2.6.

other addresses could be something like these:

http://localhost/RTL/web/app_dev.php/login    =>     http://localhost/login
http://localhost/RTL/web/app_dev.php/logout   =>     http://localhost/logout
http://localhost/RTL/web/app_dev.php/admin    =>     http://localhost/admin

if you work on local environment why you want to remove app_dev.php? In any case RTL/web is simply to removing adding a directive like this: DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/localhost/RTL/web"on your virtual host. PS: is a common (and best) pratice to take the application folders out of the web root. — gp_sflover
– gp_sflover, Commented Dec 13, 2014 at 16:51
Thanks. If I want to deploy my application I should use app.php instead of app_dev.php. How can I remove that too??? — Alireza
– Alireza, Commented Dec 13, 2014 at 17:45
with some rewrite rules like here. Remember that you can't remove but only hide app.php from the url. Let me know if this works I will write the answer later. — gp_sflover
– gp_sflover, Commented Dec 13, 2014 at 18:08

gp_sflover · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-14 12:32:10Z

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Accordingly to the comments.

The RTL/web is removed adding the directive DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/localhost/RTL/web" on your virtual host file in apache.

Then you can hide app.php using these apache mod_rewrite rules:

RewriteEngine On  
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$  
RewriteRule ^app\.php(/(.*)|$) %{CONTEXT_PREFIX}/$2 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule .? - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)(.+)::\2$
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=BASE:%1]    
RewriteRule .? %{ENV:BASE}app.php [L]

then restart apache server to apply the modifications.

answered Dec 14, 2014 at 12:32

gp_sflover

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