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Dan
Dan

Reputation: 641

Apache2 rewrite rules aren't working

I'm trying to remove .html extensions from my urls using this code in .htaccess (code found online).

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ /$1 [L,R=301]

It is not working. I found a post saying to use this to test if mod-rewrite is enabled: /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -D DUMP_MODULES | grep rewrite

It returns:

Syntax OK
 rewrite_module (static)

Nothing in the error log. This is on a server with WHM and cPanel if it matters. My other .htaccess directives are working.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 381

Answers (2)

Jon Lin
Jon Lin

Reputation: 143956

If you make a request for an existing html file, these conditions are going to prevent the rule from doing anything:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

Because they say, if the requested file doesn't exist and isn't a directory... And when you request an html file, it's going to fail the -f test. So rule does nothing.

You want to match against something like the actual request:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /([^.]+)\.html($|\ |\?)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [L,R=301]

This redirects a request for an existing HTML file to the same path but minus the extension. You can then rewrite it back internally:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1.html [L]

Upvotes: 0

user562854
user562854

Reputation:

Your code does the exact opposite of what you are trying to accomplish. The correct code would be:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

Upvotes: 1

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