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Dubz · 05-22-2012, 12:06 AM

I have a .htaccess in the root of my public_html site, but I need some assistance with it. What it's set to do is use this as the "fake link": 'http://website.com/home', but have it really show this: 'http://website.com/request.php?req=home'.
The URL shows the first link and uses the second basically.
Here is the .htaccess file:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ request.php?req=$1 [NC,L] 
DirectoryIndex request.php?req=home

The problem is the DirectoryIndex. Whenever i go to website.com it should go to the home by default, but it just shows the file index (allowing the user to see all the files in the public_html folder).

One other problem is I have a forum running on a subdomain (http://forum.website.com) and it does the same thing because of the .htaccess file in the parent folder, so I need the file t ignore folder 'forum'.

I found this on Google and tried it but it didn't seem to work:

Code:

=========[ start of .htaccess snippet]==========
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on
  #
  # stuff to let through (ignore)
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/folder1/" [OR]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/folder2/"
  RewriteRule (.*) $1 [L]
  #
====================[ end ]=====================

How I added it:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/forum/"
RewriteRule (.*) $1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ request.php?req=$1 [NC,L] 
DirectoryIndex request.php?req=home

Any assistance is appreciated! Also, the original .htaccess worked when my friend used it on his site so I think it may be a problem with the webhost or something else.

05-22-2012, 12:06 AM	PM User \| #1
Dubz Regular Coder Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 206 Thanks: 15 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Need help with .htaccess I have a .htaccess in the root of my public_html site, but I need some assistance with it. What it's set to do is use this as the "fake link": 'http://website.com/home', but have it really show this: 'http://website.com/request.php?req=home'. The URL shows the first link and uses the second basically. Here is the .htaccess file: Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ request.php?req=$1 [NC,L] DirectoryIndex request.php?req=home The problem is the DirectoryIndex. Whenever i go to website.com it should go to the home by default, but it just shows the file index (allowing the user to see all the files in the public_html folder). One other problem is I have a forum running on a subdomain (http://forum.website.com) and it does the same thing because of the .htaccess file in the parent folder, so I need the file t ignore folder 'forum'. I found this on Google and tried it but it didn't seem to work: Code: =========[ start of .htaccess snippet]========== <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on # # stuff to let through (ignore) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/folder1/" [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/folder2/" RewriteRule (.) $1 [L] # ====================[ end ]===================== How I added it: Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} "/forum/" RewriteRule (.) $1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ request.php?req=$1 [NC,L] DirectoryIndex request.php?req=home Any assistance is appreciated! Also, the original .htaccess worked when my friend used it on his site so I think it may be a problem with the webhost or something else.