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Eduardo Ponce de Leon
Eduardo Ponce de Leon

Reputation: 9696

.htaccess | Add a trailing slash to URL only if the path is a folder / directory

I am trying to create a rule where a trailing slash is added automatically if the URL path points to a folder / directory and not a file. For example the images folder:

http://example.com/images

to become

http://example.com/images/

Somehow some browsers do this automatically but I need my server to handle it first through my rules. On the other hand I have rules that redirect certain URLS to a file for example:

http://example.com/home

gets opened by 

http://example.com/index.php?page=home

So in this case I don't want to add the trailing slash since home points to a file and http://example.com/home/ with a trailing slash will just redirect to a not found page.

Here is what I have so far but I get a 500 error:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [QSA]
RewriteRule .* - [L]

To my understanding RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d checks and applies all the following rules if the URL is a folder/directory. Then with RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [QSA] I am trying to add a slash at the end and also allow any query string to sent, I believe here is where I have my error, finally I understand that RewriteRule .* - [L] stops checking if the URL is a directory and lets the rest of the rules work normal.

Any ideas? Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1865

Answers (1)

Amit Verma
Amit Verma

Reputation: 41219

You get an infinite loop error from the code 

 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [QSA]

Because the pattern also matches the target, and on the second iteration /dir/ rewrites to /dir/ causing the loop error.

You need a RewriteCond to prevent this

Try :

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [L,R]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$ says "Dont redirect /foo/ to /foo/

Upvotes: 2

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