.htaccess Issue on Mac

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I am trying to use the following .htaccess rewrite rules but it just does not work for some reason.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/([^/]+)(.*) /index.php?_controller=$1&_action=$2$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)(.*) /index.php?_controller=$1$2 [QSA,L]

I would like a url like this:

http://name.local/someFolder/?_controller=aController&_action=anAction

To be converted to:

http://name.local/someFolder/aController/anAction

I am not sure why my rewrite rules wont work like I want them to, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '11 at 16:08

Such rewrite can be done like this:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ index.php?_controller=$1&_action=$2 [QSA,L]

It will rewrite (internal redirect) request for /first/second to /index.php?_controller=first&_action=second.

It will only work if you requesting non-existing resource. So, if you have such folder /first/second, then no rewrite will happen.

If you change pattern from ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ to ^([^/]+)/([^/]*)$, then it will also be applicable for this rewrite: /first/ to /index.php?_controller=first&_action= (notice that trailing slash is required here).

If you change pattern from ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ to ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$, then both /first/second and /first/second/ (one with trailing slash) will trigger the rule.

If you change pattern from ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ to ^([^/]+)(/([^/]*))?$, then this single rewrite rule will match /first/second as well as /first/ as well as /first (obviously, if 2nd segment is not present, then action parameter _action= will be empty).

It is also possible to make trailing slash with 2 segments optional (i.e. /first/second and /first/second/ will be treated as the same (from rewriting point of view). For that -- change pattern to ^([^/]+)(/([^/]*))?/?$.

.htaccess Issue on Mac

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