[solved]Why I roll back with using mod_rewrite ?

[amin30b]

Hi all

I`ve enabled mod_rewrite for my website , but there is one problem :
when I call www.mysite.com/support.html or any child url,it redirects to
www.mysite.com/index.html and loads content of index page but url in address bar doesn`t change
( it remains www.mysite.com/support.html) .

I used .htaccess file that is placed in doc folder of CMSMS .

[Pierre M.]

Hello,

before activating pretty URLs, how was working your site ?

Have you followed this procedure ?

Are there any other software along with CMSms ?
Are there any other .htaccess or rewrite mechanism ?

Please show the extract of your config.php about URLs.
Please show your .htaccess (to be sure what is in the folder... it shouldn't be long)

What is your webserver ?

Pierre M.

[amin30b]

Before activating pretty urls all thing was OK .
Yes I read it .

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#Show mod_rewrite URLs in the menu? You must enable 'use_hierarchy' for this to work for modules
$config['assume_mod_rewrite'] = true;

#Extension to use if you're using mod_rewrite for pretty URLs.
$config['page_extension'] = '.html';

#If you don't use mod_rewrite, then would you like to use the built-in
#pretty url mechanism?  This will not work with IIS and the {metadata} tag
#should be in all of your templates before enabling.
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = false;

#If you're using the internal pretty url mechanism or mod_rewrite, would you like to
#show urls in their hierarchy?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/parent/parent/childpage)
$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;

#If using none of the above options, what should we be using for the query string
#variable?  (ex. http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=somecontent)
$config['query_var'] = 'page';

No,there is not any software along it .
No,there is not any other htaccess file .

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#php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
#php_flag register_globals Off
#php_flag session.use_trans_sid Off

# Make sure you have Options FollowSymLinks
# and Allow on
RewriteEngine On

#Rewrites page.shtml as index.php?page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

My webserver is apache .

[tobik]

For my understanding your last line in .htaccess should be

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RewriteRule ^(.+).html$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

[amin30b]

For my understanding your last line in .htaccess should be

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RewriteRule ^(.+).html$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

I did it but still result is same as before 

[tobik]

Turn on the rewrite log.

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    RewriteLog rewrite.log
    RewriteLogLevel 2

Then you can see what URL is sent to CMSMS. Try this URL in the browser and see if you still got the same result.

[amin30b]

RewriteLog rewrite.log
    RewriteLogLevel 2

Where should I place above code ? How could I turn on rewrite log?

[tobik]

Should be placed in httpd.conf

[Pierre M.]

Your config.php seems ok and your .htaccess too.
I hope the rewritelog will give information (thank you tobik).

You can also try these mod_rewrite tests.

Pierre M.

[amin30b]

Unfortunately I can`t access to httpd.conf file of my web server .
(I think cPanel doesn`t have an option for it),
Also I have read that post and related to it when I place these tags in .htaccess file:

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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

# include a trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]

# Rewrites urls in the form of /parent/child/
# but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

when I call www.mysite.com/cmsms/books.html , it automatically redirects that page
to www.mysite.com . (Two level upper)

Now I`m suspecting to RewriteBase / , But I don`t know correct instruction for it .

[tobik]

I think we need more info about your installation.

• What do you have to type in the browser for page X with pretty url inactive?
• What do you want to type in the browser for page X with pretty url active?
• What is the root_url in your config.php?
• What is the root_path in your config.php?

[amin30b]

Hi tobik
Yes , I should place those here 
1- http://www.mysite.com/cmsms/index.php?page=books
2- http://www.mysite.com/cmsms/books.html
3- $config['root_url'] = 'http://www.mysite.com/cmsms
4- $config['root_path'] = '/home/user/public_html/cmsms'

Now , it should be easy to find main reason of my problem .

Regards
Omid

[tobik]

OK, then this rewrite_rule should do it

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RewriteRule ^cmsms/(.+).html$ cmsms/index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

Why do you put cmsms in the subdirectory? Do you have different content in the root http://www.mysite.com/ ?

[Dr.CSS]

If it is in a subfolder...

RewriteBase /nameofsubfolder

[tobik]

The result is the same. Just don't mix up.