php redirect from /index.php to /

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I'm trying to get the browser to redirect whenever the user types in /index.php or /index.php/ or /index.php//// to just plain / . Here's what I have so far

if ($_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'] == '/index.php') {
    header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
    header('Location: http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].'/'
}

But I get a infinite loop redirect error. What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to make this work?

EDIT, it seems that changing 'ORIG_PATH_INFO' to 'REQUEST_URI' did the trick for /index.php what do I add to my if to take care of index.php/ and index.php////...?

@safarov: yeah but it looks nicer in the url bar, and I need it for navigational reasons. — qwertymk
– qwertymk, Commented Mar 18, 2012 at 12:52
You can do it with .htaccess file too. If you want i can write a solution for u with htaccess — safarov
– safarov, Commented Mar 18, 2012 at 12:56
@safarov: sure but I need the rule to apply for subfolders too — qwertymk
– qwertymk, Commented Mar 18, 2012 at 12:57

ThiefMaster · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-18 12:54:22Z

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Use REQUEST_URI. When you use ORIG_PATH_INFO, you will always get /index.php.

edited Mar 18, 2012 at 12:54

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answered Mar 18, 2012 at 12:48

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qwertymk Over a year ago

I got the same issue with REQUIEST_URI which is why I thought that ORIG_PATH_INFO might work

qwertymk Over a year ago

Ok, it seems to be working now, is there any way to also check for index.php/ and index.php//// ...?

Grzegorz Łuszczek Over a year ago

RewriteRule ^index.php[/]+$ / [L] if you use RewriteEngine

JJJ Over a year ago

Yes. rtrim( $url, '/' ) (i.e. remove trailing slashes) before you check if it ends in index.php.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:42:18Z

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base your condition on $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] instead and when the url doesn't actually contain index.php it won't try and redirect.

and use stristr to search for index.php wherever it occurs in the url

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php

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qwertymk Over a year ago

Ok, it seems to be working now, is there any way to also check for index.php/ and index.php//// ...?

dldnh Over a year ago

I guess for that I'd recommend using stristr to detect any url containing index.php or any variation of that us3.php.net/manual/en/function.stristr.php

qwertymk Over a year ago

yeah but it could contain that in the query string

dldnh Over a year ago

yes, of course -- if you first reduce the url string by loopping off as many characters as $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] contains, you can account for that

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