Virtual Host Configuration and mod_rewrite - Removing PHP Extension and Adding Forward Slash
- by nicorellius
On my production server, things are fine: PHP extension removal and trailing slash rules are in place in my .htaccess file.
But locally, this isn't working (well, partially, anyway). I'm running Apache2 with a virtual host for the site in question. I decided to not use the .htaccess file in this case and just add the rules to the httpd-vhosts.conf file instead, which, I've heard, if possible on your server, is a better way to go.
The virtual host is working and the URL I use for my site is like this:
devserver:9090
Here is my httpd-vhosts.conf file:
NameVirtualHost *:9090
# for stuff other than this site
<VirtualHost *:9090>
ServerAdmin admin@localhost
DocumentRoot "/opt/lampstack/apache2/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
# for site in question
<VirtualHost *:9090>
ServerAdmin admin@localhost
DocumentRoot "/opt/lampstack/apache2/htdocs/devserver"
ServerName devserver
<Directory "/opt/lampstack/apache2/htdocs/devserver">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
<IfModule rewrite_module>
RewriteEngine ON
# remove PHP extension and add trailing slash
# note - this doesn't work for directories, and throws 404
# TODO - fix so directories use index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /[^?\s]+\.php
RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ /$1/ [R=302,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.*)/$ /$1.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .*[^/]$ /$0/ [R=302,L]
</IfModule>
# error docs
ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php
</VirtualHost>
The problem I'm facing is that when I go to directories on the site, I get a 404 error. So for example, this:
devserver:9090/page.php
goes to
devserver:9090/page/
but going to a directory (that has an index.php):
devserver:9090/dir/
throws 404 error page.
If I type in devserver:9090/dir/index.php I get devserver:9090/dir/index/ and the contents I want appear...
Can anyone help me with my rewrite rules?
