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titaniumdecoy · Feb 17th, 2006, 12:29 PM

Hi,

I've been stuck on this problem for about a year now. Say I have a directory named /foo containing HTML files I want to display. How can I internally redirect any requests for files at the root (/) directory to those files in the /foo directory?

For example, if a request is made for http://www.mysite.com/page.html, how can I display the contents of http://www.mysite.com/foo/page.html without changing the URL in the user's browser?

I've tried using .htaccess scripts to internally rewrite any requests, but for some reason this never works for the root directory; I always get a "500 Internal Server Error."

Any help? Thanks.

Infinite Recursion · Feb 17th, 2006, 2:04 PM

Maybe a directory alias would work? I've never tried one for the root... but have several for other directories...

Edit your httpd.conf and make a directory alias, such as:

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Alias /alias/path/ "/real/path/"
 
<Directory "/real/path">
  Options Indexes MultiViews
  AllowOverride None
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

Then restart Apache...

titaniumdecoy · Feb 17th, 2006, 2:18 PM

I don't have access to an httpd.conf file because I'm sharing hosting. Is there some way to do this in a .htaccess file?

Infinite Recursion · Feb 17th, 2006, 2:56 PM

This works for me: In the httpd root directory, make a .htaccess file with the redirection in it...

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Redirect /oldfile http://somewhere.com/some/dir/newfile

BUT, it changes the URL in the browser. Not sure off hand how to keep it from changing that.

titaniumdecoy · Feb 17th, 2006, 3:14 PM

Thanks, although what I'm really looking for is an internal redirect...

Feb 17th, 2006, 12:29 PM	#1
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 928 Rep Power: 4	Apache Internal Redirect Help Hi, I've been stuck on this problem for about a year now. Say I have a directory named /foo containing HTML files I want to display. How can I internally redirect any requests for files at the root (/) directory to those files in the /foo directory? For example, if a request is made for http://www.mysite.com/page.html, how can I display the contents of http://www.mysite.com/foo/page.html without changing the URL in the user's browser? I've tried using .htaccess scripts to internally rewrite any requests, but for some reason this never works for the root directory; I always get a "500 Internal Server Error." Any help? Thanks.

Feb 17th, 2006, 2:04 PM	#2
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,471 Rep Power: 8	Maybe a directory alias would work? I've never tried one for the root... but have several for other directories... Edit your httpd.conf and make a directory alias, such as: (Toggle Plain Text) Alias /alias/path/ "/real/path/" <Directory "/real/path"> Options Indexes MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Alias /alias/path/ "/real/path/" <Directory "/real/path"> Options Indexes MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Then restart Apache... __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Feb 17th, 2006, 2:56 PM	#4
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,471 Rep Power: 8	This works for me: In the httpd root directory, make a .htaccess file with the redirection in it... (Toggle Plain Text) Redirect /oldfile http://somewhere.com/some/dir/newfile Redirect /oldfile http://somewhere.com/some/dir/newfile BUT, it changes the URL in the browser. Not sure off hand how to keep it from changing that. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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Feb 17th, 2006, 2:18 PM	#3
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 928 Rep Power: 4	I don't have access to an httpd.conf file because I'm sharing hosting. Is there some way to do this in a .htaccess file?

Feb 17th, 2006, 3:14 PM	#5
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 928 Rep Power: 4	Thanks, although what I'm really looking for is an internal redirect...

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