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.htaccessmod-rewriteurl-rewriting
user1637621
user1637621

Reputation: 27

Rewrite for same file accross mutiple subfolders when using multiple domains in one root

I don't really know how to describe my problem in a sentence so instead I will explain with an example:

Lets say I have a folder structure that looks like this:

/root

/root/clientfolder1/testfile.php

/root/clientfolder2/testfile.php

etc...

and the testfile.php is the same across all subfolders.

Now say I just pushed out a new file called testfile2.php accross all subfolders so now testfile2.php exists within all subfolders.

I add a redirect to point the old testfile.php to the new testfile2.php

So, in my .htaccess I add the following (Yes, 'RewriteEngine On' is set already in the .htaccess file):

RewriteRule (.*)/testfile\.php /$1/testfile2.php [R=301,L]

okay now everything appears to work fine at this point however ( and this is where things get tricky) in my htaccess file I also have rules setup for multiple domains to point to specific folders like this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domain-one.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/clientfolder1
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ clientfolder1/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domain-two.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^clientfolder2
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ clientfolder2/$1 [L]

etc...

I also have a main (default domain name) that is used for my main site (files in root) lets call it main-domain.com

So the following works:

domain-one.com/testfile.php
domain-one.com/testfile2.php
domain-two.com/testfile.php
domain-two.com/testfile2.php
main-domain.com/clientfolder1/testfile.php
main-domain.com/clientfolder2/testfile.php

Now here's my question/problem:

My new redirect that I added above to replace the testfile.php with testfile2.php causes the following to happen:

domain-one.com/testfile.php redirects to: main-domain.com/clientfolder1/testfile2.php

but I need it to redirect to domain-one.com/testfile2.php

I cannot get this to work... and getting frustrated as I am sure there is a simple solution to this and I am just missing something obvious. Can this be done and how?

Thanks in advance you your help - very much appreciated!!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 397

Answers (1)

Ansgar Wiechers
Ansgar Wiechers

Reputation: 200373

Apache does exactly what your rules tell it to do.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domain-one.com

If the domain is "domain-one.com" ...

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/clientfolder1

... and the URI does not begin with "/clientfolder1" ...

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ clientfolder1/$1 [L]

... then prepend the URI with "clientfolder1/".

Upvotes: 1

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