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Apache Rewrite rule seemingly having no effect, no log results either

I am trying to insert a rewrite rule which replaces:

www.domain.com/something/index.php?title=Special:userlogin

with

http://www.domain.com/login

I have placed the following into my httpd.conf file within the virtual host section but nothing is happening at all?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog logs/rewrite
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteRule ^/Special:Userlogin http://%{SERVER_NAME}/login/ [R,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:Userlogin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^GET$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /login/ [R,L]

Nothing changes at the browser and when I look into the log I see nothing that relates to this rewrite rule?

Have I done something silly? Are there other directives I need to add or check that they exist in httpd.conf?

Oh, and I have restarted Apache.

Any input much appreciated.

Thanks,

milanmk

Just try the following and see if it works.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog logs/rewrite
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:Userlogin
RewriteRule index.php /login/ [R,L]

pcoghlan

ASKER

Thanks, nearly there. The rule is at least having an effect now which I suppose means one of the previous rules was not being met.

Anyway, here is the current status. I have the following in my httpd.conf file.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog logs/rewrite
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:Userlogin
RewriteRule index.php /user/login [R,L]

I would expect

www.domain.com/something/index.php?title=Special:userlogin

to end up as

www.domain.com/user/login/

but instead I end up at

www.domain.com/user/login/?title=Special:Userlogin

So, it is diverting me to the user/login BUT leaving the trailing text in place.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

pcoghlan

ASKER

sorry, one typo. the last line should be:

RewriteRule index.php /user/login/ [R,L]

Note the additional trailing '/' after the login

milanmk

Query string is auto appended to the rewrite rule, if you dont want it then you will need an external redirect like the following.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog logs/rewrite
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:Userlogin
RewriteRule index.php www.domain.com/user/login/ [L]

milanmk

Sorry,

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog logs/rewrite
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:Userlogin
RewriteRule index.php http://%{HTTP_HOST}/user/login/ [L]

pcoghlan

ASKER

Thanks, tried this with same result.

I do get diverted to the new folder but the '?title=Special:Userlogin' is still there after the URL.

I tried changing the [R,L] to [L] but that results in the user seeing the URL they typed in.

Changing it back to [R,L] means I get to see the new URL.

I hope this all makes sense!

milanmk

Try this.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog logs/rewrite
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:Userlogin
RewriteRule index.php http://%{HTTP_HOST}/user/login/? [R,L]

pcoghlan

ASKER

Sorry, no luck. I get a 404 with the ? after the login/

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pcoghlan

ASKER

That did the trick!

Many thanks for your continued patience.

milanmk

Most welcomed.