Apache rewrite with variable domain
I need to rewrite a URL from host/index.php to host/.
There are various solutions out there however they rely on the host being a constant, such as (1) below. When I try to make a simple adjustment to cater to a variable host such as (2) below I run into trouble.
Any help greatly appreciated.
There are various solutions out there however they rely on the host being a constant, such as (1) below. When I try to make a simple adjustment to cater to a variable host such as (2) below I run into trouble.
Any help greatly appreciated.
(1)
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php$
RewriteRule .* http://host/ [L,R=301]
(2)
RewriteCond ${REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php$
RewriteRule .* ${HTTP_HOST} [L,R=301]
ASKER
no, in .htaccess. I use the same file for the production server (a web hosting company server), my development server & outside access to my clients of my staging server. The the last two cases is the same server and DB, just a different Virtually hosted URLs with different PHP code (one URL accessible only locally for me and the other from the web.)
That's very close but if I add a query string it still removes the index.php. In the case of an existing query string the file name should remain so you don't get something like:
/host/?a=b
That's very close but if I add a query string it still removes the index.php. In the case of an existing query string the file name should remain so you don't get something like:
/host/?a=b
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Works like a charm - thanks!
What through me was when I did
RewriteRule .* ${HTTP_HOST} [L,R=301]
Apache through up the system's file path instead of the host name. You showed that you needed to add http:// in front of it. I didn't think of that as it just looked like it was completely ignoring the HTTP_HOST instruction. By the way, do you know why it would do that?
What through me was when I did
RewriteRule .* ${HTTP_HOST} [L,R=301]
Apache through up the system's file path instead of the host name. You showed that you needed to add http:// in front of it. I didn't think of that as it just looked like it was completely ignoring the HTTP_HOST instruction. By the way, do you know why it would do that?
You used ${... while the variable needs to be referenced via %{..., that's why nothing happened.
ASKER
Sorry, typo, it was a %{... not a ${... you'll see it correct at the top. However, it's not that nothing happened, that's easy, it's that I got the file path, like... /home/name/www/... when I was expecting a URL.
That should be enough:
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