asked on 1/1/2013

Conflict using RewriteRules

I currently have the following .htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1

RewriteRule ^redirect-to/(.*)$ index.php?cID=467&to=$1 [NC,L]
</IfModule>

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I really need the

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1

, as it is the base for our CMS. However, the other line, "redirect-to" does not work. If I take out the first line, needed by the CMS, it works, if I add it together with the other, it fails... 500 errors.

I think it has to do because the first is a site-wide rewrite, and redirect-to is more specific. How can I get these to work together?

Apache Web Server Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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Bernard Savonet

2/4/2013

kaufmed

1/1/2013

Have you tried putting that rule before the other?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^redirect-to/(.*)$ index.php?cID=467&to=$1 [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1

</IfModule>

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redworks

1/1/2013

ASKER

Yes, I did. Gives me a 500 Internal Server Error.

Sandy

1/2/2013

check application option also for SEO optimization.

redworks

1/3/2013

ASKER

I did, thats not the issue. They use the .htaccess for SEO control.

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1/9/2013

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kaufmed

1/10/2013

@fibo

Doesn't that only matter if more rules follow the rule in question?

Bernard Savonet

1/28/2013

No it does not matter if more rules follow in your script.
But it does matter if they are used or not after a previous rewrite.
The [L] says "do not go further in this file"... which in the last example I gave would go to the "new url"... which would then pass again thru the htaccess file.
So the "new url" will now go against all the rewrite rulen beginning at the top of the file.

redworks

2/4/2013

ASKER

This worked, great :)

Bernard Savonet

2/4/2013

B-) Glad it helped. Thx for the grade and points!