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ndd
Asked: 2017-09-14 16:25:43 +0800 CST

Apache request_uri in the scope of VirtualHost

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This code works perfectly in .htaccess or directory

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{request_uri} !^/dir/$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /dir/ [END]

but when put into VirtualHost it causes infinite redirection.

I've read documentation about diffrences between request_uri in scope of virtualhost and directory but I'm still unable to produce code that will work in virtualhost context. What should I change?

apache-2.4

1 Answers

  1. I think you probably have a conflict with mod_dir (and the DiretcoryIndex). Although I'm surprised this "works perfectly in .htaccess" (unless you have something else that prevents a loop)?

    If you rewrite to the bare directory, ie. /dir/ then mod_dir will trigger an internal subrequest to /dir/index.php (or whatever your DirectoryIndex is set to) and this will likely trigger an endless loop (despite your END flag) since /dir/index.php matches !^/dir/$.

    You should be rewriting directly to the index document and this should solve the problem. For example:

    RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !^/?dir/$ /dir/index.php [END]

    You don't need the RewriteCond directive that checks against REQUEST_URI, you can do the same check in the RewriteRule pattern - which is marginally more efficient and saves you a directive.

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