Here's an interesting problem:
I'm trying to separate a few files on a system into a number of packages, and to be able to access them without explicitly specifying which package a file is in.
Here's an example: Say, a file /package1/one.htm is in /package1 and /package2/two.htm is in /package2. With the configuration below, I'll be able to access them directly, eg. http://localhost/one.htm
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/package1%{REQUEST_URI} -f RewriteRule ^(.*) /package1$1 [L] RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/package2%{REQUEST_URI} -f RewriteRule ^(.*) /package2$1 [L] RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/package3%{REQUEST_URI} -f RewriteRule ^(.*) /package3$1 [L] The problem is that I'd like to be able to add more packages, without updating this Apache configuration file (and without having to restart Apache). I was thinking of something along the lines of:
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/package(.*)%{REQUEST_URI} -f RewriteRule ^(.*) /package%1$1 [L] But, unfortunately, the code above does not work, since it is not possible to take a match from the RewriteCond (the (.*)) and then apply it to the RewriteRule. At least that was my understanding of it.
Can you think of a creative way of solving this problem?
