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Nathan J.B.
Asked: 2015-06-17 15:34:38 +0800 CST

Allow Parent .htaccess to redirect all assets

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We're migrating from one subdomain to another. This particular domain has a subset of several websites. I've setup the following rewrite to handle the redirect globally:

In docroot/.htaccess ("Rule #1")

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^virtual\.example\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://events.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

It generally works, except for a few sites which have their own rewrite rules. For example, /roadshow/2015/ has the following catch-all rule:

In docroot/roadshow/2015/.htaccess ("Rule #2")

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.php$
RewriteRule .* framework/main.php?url=%1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

The problem: Pages under /roadshow/2015/ continue to load as if Rule #1 doesn't exist.

What am I missing here? :)

apache-2.2

1 Answers

  1. mod_rewrite directives in .htaccess files in subfolders will trump ones in parent folders - try using RewriteOptions Inherit in each subfolder's .htaccess file (see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriteoptions).

    If you're running Apache 2.4.8 or higher, you can use RewriteOptions InheritDown to apply to all child .htaccess files automatically rather than having to modify each one.

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