I Cannot get rewriterule to work

Question

I'm using VertrigoServ 2.27 on my laptop (localhost:8080).

Rewrite module is enabled and i tested it with alice.html and bob.html example (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6944521/url-rewriting-on-localhost) and it works with .htacces inside www-subfolder. And I also put rubbish text inside .htaccess and I got error from Apcheserver so rewrite mod is running and I cab use rules.

here is the rule: (inside /www/folder1/.htaccess)
Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine  On
RewriteRule /(.*) /index.php?disp=$1 [QSA,L]

So when I put this url into browser my index page loaded ok. http://localhost:8080/folder1/index.php

And the problem is here: When I request login via index.page(login page) and send url to localhost server by cliking send-button the url changed localhost:8080/login, it should be localhost:8080/folder1/login

• how I can keep subfolder name in url?

and I want convert urls like this: www.best-food-of-the-usa.com/index.php?operation=top&state=arizona& city=mesa&limit=10

to like this: www.best-food-of-the-usa.com/arizona/mesa/top10.html

Any help is appreciated. Thanks \Jose

Answer 1

RewriteRule is behaving as the docs say.

From RewriteRule Directive ^{Apache Docs}

What is matched?

In VirtualHost context, The Pattern will initially be matched against the part of the URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").

In Directory and htaccess context, the Pattern will initially be matched against the filesystem path, after removing the prefix that lead the server to the current RewriteRule (e.g. "app1/index.html" or "index.html" depending on where the directives are defined).

If you wish to match against the hostname, port, or query string, use a RewriteCond with the %{HTTP_HOST}, %{SERVER_PORT}, or %{QUERY_STRING} variables respectively.

So, when in Directory and htaccess context the prefix /www/folder1/ will be removed. Also remember when matching with RewriteRule in Directory and htaccess context, the pattern will never begin with /.

So, your RewriteRule Should be:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine  On
RewriteRule (.*) /index.php?disp=$1 [QSA,L]