mod_rewrite for PHP RESTful Server

Question

I'm developing a PHP RESTful server for an API locally on my mac.

I've managed to enable mod_rewrite and have Overrides allowed for the site directory (~/Sites/api).

In ~/Sites/api is the .htaccess file and index.php. I'd like to rewrite all requests to http://localhost/~myusername/api/* to index.php. I need to preserve the query parameters, but that's it.

I've tried the following in the .htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) index.php [QSA,NC,L]

This gives a 500:Internal Server Error.

Commenting out the FollowSymLinks line gives a 403:Forbidden error.

I can access index.php fine without the rewrites in place.

Any help you could offer would be much appreciated. I feel like weeping at the moment.

Thanks, Ross

Andrew Sledge · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-05 15:58:30Z

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RewriteRule ^api/(.*)$ index.php?handler=$1 [L,QSA]

Where the handler is what is passed to your index.php script. For instance, a request for

http://localhost/~myusername/api/getUser/myusername

would be rewritten to

http://localhost/~myusername/api/index.php?handler=getUser/myusername

answered Jan 5, 2011 at 15:58

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Gumbo Over a year ago

You should exclude index.php.

kta Over a year ago

@Gumbo: please provide explanation with your statement if you don't mind.:)

Gumbo Over a year ago

@kaziTanvirAhsan That comment is more than three years old. I have no idea what it was supposed to mean.

Gumbo Over a year ago

@kaziTanvirAhsan Ok, now I know what it supposed to mean: ^api/(.*)$ will also match api/index.php. Therefore index.php should be excluded to be matched by this rule, e. g., with an additional RewriteCond $1 !=index.php.

Kornel · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-11 13:20:41Z

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The problem is that [L] means stop rewriting this URL, but you're generating a new URL with index.php, which will be rewritten as well, causing infinite loop.

Add RewriteCond that excludes index.php from being rewritten.

answered Jan 11, 2011 at 13:20

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