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[solved] Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:53 pm
by cnymike
I've read of similar problems in the forum but the solutions proposed do not work for me so here goes...
I am able to get Internal Pretty URL's to work.
The problem is that I am unable to get Pretty URL's using mod_rewrite to work.
Here is my .htaccess file:
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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# Turns off directory browsing
# not absolutely essential, but keeps people from snooping around without
# needing empty index.html files everywhere
Options -Indexes
# No sense advertising what we are running
ServerSignature Off
# 301 Redirect all requests that don't contain a dot or trailing slash to
# include a trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]
# URL Filtering helps stop some hack attempts
#IF the URI contains a "http:"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "["
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \[ [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "]"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \] [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "<__script__>"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
#OR script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
#OR any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]
# END Filtering
# CMSMS Rewriting
# Set assume mod_rewrite to true in config.php and clear CMSMS cache
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]
# END CMSMS
Here is my config.php file:
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#------------
#URL Settings
#------------
$config['assume_mod_rewrite'] = true;
$config['page_extension'] = '.html';
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = false;
$config['use_hierarchy'] = true;
$config['query_var'] = 'page';
The home page of my site displays, but as soon as I click on any other link, I get a 404 Not Found error
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Not Found
The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.
If I manually insert an 'index.php' into the URL of the page that generated the error, then the page shows up.
So this is obviously a very simple error in configuration somewhere, but I do not know how to fix it.
I will add the eventual 'fix' to the documentation wiki once I've learned the answer.
thanks.
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:02 pm
by moorezilla
Try getting rid of your [NC]'s at the end of your .htaccess lines. i doubt you need them, and they may be hosing it.
Also... the apache error.log may give you a better idea of errors.
config.php looks ok to me.
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:40 pm
by cnymike
Removing the [NC] did not help. Removing the [NC] resulted in me getting an error page from my Web Host instead of a page not found error.
Unfortunately I do not have access to the apache error log.
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:04 pm
by nivekiam
Try setting:
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = false;
to true
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = true;
That's the only setting I can see that is different between yours and mine.
If that doesn't work then I would comment out these lines. If it works after that, then you can start enabling them 1 by 1 to see what is causing the problem.
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# 301 Redirect all requests that don't contain a dot or trailing slash to
# include a trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteRule ^(.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]
# URL Filtering helps stop some hack attempts
#IF the URI contains a "http:"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "["
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \[ [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "]"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \] [OR]
#OR if the URI contains a "<__script__>"
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
#OR script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
#OR any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]
# END Filtering
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:10 pm
by cnymike
nivekiam wrote:
Try setting:
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = false;
to true
$config['internal_pretty_urls'] = true;
But I don't want to use Internal Pretty URL's, I want to use mod_rewrite Pretty URL's. I can't have both set to "true". Or am I just not understanding what you are telling me to do?
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:31 pm
by nivekiam
I have both set to true and it works just fine. Though I just set mine to false and it still works. So I doubt setting to true for you would fix it.
Did commenting out the URL filtering or the redirect to trailing slash lines work?
EDIT: Also, is CMSms in the root of your site or is it in a sub-directory?
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:56 pm
by cnymike
Did commenting out the URL filtering or the redirect to trailing slash lines work?
No, commenting out everything you suggested did not fix anything.
Hmmm, I just did something to test this on another install I have of CMSMS on the same server
I have another site in a subdirectory of my home directory that mod_rewrite works when I just configured it to use mod_rewrite. So maybe the problem is this...
The problem I have been experiencing is on a site under development that does not have a domain attached to it yet, so I am going in to my web host as
http://myServerName.myWebHost.com/myUse ... imple-1.2/
instead of using, for example,
http://www.myDomain.com/cmsmadesimple-1.2/
Do you think this could be the cause of all this? Some sort of Apache thing because I am not using a "real" domain.
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:07 pm
by nivekiam
Try setting RewriteBase above all of your ReWrite rules:
# Might be needed in a subdirectory
RewriteBase /myUser/playground/cmsmadesimple-1.2
I have CMSms in a sub-directory of my site for testing and I had to do that.
Re: Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:14 pm
by cnymike
YES! That was it!
Thank you so much for solving this vexing problem. I hope I can repay the favor!
edit: I've applauded you for that!
Re: [solved] Pretty URL's with mod_rewrite not working
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:50 pm
by nivekiam
Great! Just remember to change that when you make the site live
(that's bitten me in before too)
I have a feeling you've probably already posted some fix to some problem that I'll come across.