CODEWITHSUNDEEP
.htaccesshttp-status-code-404
Sergiof4
Sergiof4

Reputation: 177

Htaccess 404 issue with homepage

My htaccess 404 rule is set as follows:

ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm

but this is what happens:

Non-existent url with no extension: https://www.example.com/bgbgbgbgbg redirects to https://www.example.com/404.htm (correct behaviour)

non-existent url with a dot: https://www.example.com/bgbgbgbgbg. redirects to https://www.example.com/404.htm (correct behaviour)

non-existent url with extension: https://www.example.com/bgbgbgbgbg.htm redirects to "file not found" (should redirect to https://www.example.com/404.htm)

url endng with a slash: https://www.example.com/bgbgbgbgbg/ redirects to a weird 404 page with no css, and the urls in the browser's address bar does not change (should redirect to https://www.example.com/404.htm)

I did some research and tred implementing these lines right under ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . https://www.example.com/404.htm [L]

it solves everything, BUT it redirects the homepage (https://www.example.com) to https://www.example.com/404.htm

What can I do in order to solve the homepage issue?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 58

Answers (1)

Amit Verma
Amit Verma

Reputation: 41219

To redirect non existent requests to 404 error page you can simply use :

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.+$ /404.htm [L,R]

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions