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paska
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 Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 18:24 Post subject: RewriteRule webroot to file-system path |
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Hi folks !
I've checked out lots of topics here and there regarding the issue in question, but no results yet.
So here is the issue.
Two projects:
proj: site.loc
proj2.0: newsite.loc
They are located in different places on the file system. And i need to redirect from one project to another internally, so url for site.loc is preserved.
E.g. requesting site.loc/hey/there i need apache to serve files form proj2.0.
First, i know that on the .htaccess level we cannot use RewriteRule to file-system path (for security reasons).
Okay, an Alias is a workaround.
Say i add an Alias to virtual host as following:
| Code: | | Alias /newsite /some/path/to/proj2.0 |
Then if i'll add the rule to proj's .htaccess:
| Code: | | RewriteRule ^hey/there /newsite |
This will work.
But, the webroot does not work:
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RewriteRule ^$ /newsite |
Is it i'm doing something wrong or there is some quirk about the webroot ?
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James Blond
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| Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 18:43 Post subject: |
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| Your rewrite rule need to start with ^(.*)$ |
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paska
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| Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 18:56 Post subject: |
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i need only 'redirect'/rewrite rules for specific paths.
e.g.: only '/some/path' and webroot,
but leave any other ones as is,
pointing to the old project. |
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James Blond
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| Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 21:06 Post subject: |
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Sorry,
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^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1
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paska
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| Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 21:14 Post subject: |
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| James Blond wrote: | Sorry,
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^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1
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yes, this will work, but not webroot.
how do i rewrite rule for e.g.:
http://site.loc to be served code from proj2.0
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James Blond
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| Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 21:29 Post subject: |
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The hard think is to rewrite the document root, but not all the other stuff. So you have to exclude all other paths...
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#exclude here all other paths!
RewriteRule ^/(dir_name|file_name\.extension|and_so_on) - [L]
# rewrite the one
RewriteRule ^/some/path(.*) /otherpath$1 [L]
# rewrite document root
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/proj2.0/$1 [L]
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Well I think it would be better to have different vhosts. |
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paska
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| Posted: Thu 12 Dec '13 21:35 Post subject: |
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| James Blond wrote: | The hard think is to rewrite the document root, but not all the other stuff. So you have to exclude all other paths...
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#exclude here all other paths!
RewriteRule ^/(dir_name|file_name\.extension|and_so_on) - [L]
# rewrite the one
RewriteRule ^/some/path(.*) /otherpath$1 [L]
# rewrite document root
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/proj2.0/$1 [L]
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Well I think it would be better to have different vhosts. |
yeah, i think it's not an option.
(just don't know all other paths by heart 
but i still don't understand what's the root cause ?
why webroot cannot be RewriteRule'd using Alias ?
E.g. this is valid and will work:
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RewriteRule ^$ http://google.com
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