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Nathan Brown
Nathan Brown

Reputation: 257

.Htaccess Rewrites File Prevents new Web Pages from being Viewed, 404 Error

I am editing a website for a client and have hit a bit of a roadblock. I can edit and publish existing pages just fine, but if I were to create a new .php or .html page and try to view it online, I get sent to the 404 error page. I can take the new page I want and rename it to overwrite an existing page and everything loads fine.

I have tried some different ways to do the rules I need, but they either try to find the page in the root (When it's actually in /application/views/); or it works and I have the same problem as before.

I need help making a new .htaccess file that allows you to go to website.com/signup and it takes you to /application/views/signup.php. Below are some examples of what I've tried so far.

Original .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 
!^(index\.php|images|css|js|uploads|db|fonts|blogger|support|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

Another version that has the same issue.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php/$1 [L]

Lastly, a version that allows new pages to be viewed but looks for them in the root folder. Eg. The requested URL /signup.php was not found on this server. I imagine if this is modified it will work, but I have no experience with .htaccess rules. Much appreciated to anyone that can help me and future browsers!

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.htm [NC,L]

Upvotes: 1

Views: 42

Answers (1)

MrWhite
MrWhite

Reputation: 45914

You should be able to add a couple of conditions (RewriteCond directives) to the original .htaccess file rule:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|css|js|uploads|db|fonts|blogger|support|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

So, only if the request does not map to an actual file or directory will it be rewritten (to the front controller).

Upvotes: 1

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