apache server: redirect all url request to index.php

Question

I am using apache server on my mac, everything works well.

Now I have a webpage, whose index.php is quite complex: In index.php, it expects url like: localhost/~username/hostname/page_a. And the content of page_a is actually a .php file stored in content folder. So in index.php, it just parses page_a, and do a include: '' to render the request page.

But In .htaccess, the redirect rule was not properly configured.

For example, if I click a link: localhost/~username/hostname/page_a, is there any way to redirect this url to index.php, and at the same time, the url will still be localhost/~username/hostname/page_a, so that index.php can parse and render it correctly?

Thanks.

Jon Lin · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-03 21:13:17Z

It depends on how this index.php handles the request. If it simply looks in the $_SERVER variables like 'REQUEST_URI' to find the requested file, then you don't need to pass it anything. If it looks for a query string parameter, the your rewrite rule needs to pass it that.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php [L]

Or if you need to pass it query string param:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?url=$1 [L,QSA]

Without the R flag or an http:// in the rule, the URL address bar on the browser won't change. If someone types in http://localhost/~username/hostname/page_a in their browser, the /~username/hostname/page_a request gets sent to the server, the rewrite rule would internally rewrite it to /index.php, and the php script can look either in $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to find the /~username/hostname/page_a request and properly route it, or in the $_GET['url'] parameter if the second rule is used.

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