Post your Clean URL .htaccess tweaks here

Deel · 2010-07-25 21:14:10

Hi guys,

I’ve installed textpattern two times for now, the first time I was stuck with the clean URL thing and I thought, well, this product is great but I’m testing CMSs and I have no time for that. I’ve tested a lot of CMS since this time and I must admit TextPattern is just fantastic. Using this link (Forum), and thanks to the community here, I’ve made a small howto that works on Linux Debian Lenny, here it is, I guess it’ll work on any debian box.

1/ Modifying the default apache site allowing apache to handle .htaccess
Edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default and look for <Directory /> then change :

AllowOverride none
by
AllowOverride all

2/ Enabling mod_rewrite in Apache2, type this at the console prompt

a2enmod rewrite
/etc/init.d/apache2 reload

That’s all

3/ Make a .htaccess file at the root dir of your installation (for me it’s /var/www)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

3bis/ If textpattern is not installed at the rootdir but at /var/www/something/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /something/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

4/ You can find a .htaccess sample clicking ‘?’ in diagnostics=> Preflight check or at the svn

Regards,

Deel

Last edited by Deel (2010-07-26 00:17:49)

alanfluff · 2010-07-25 21:30:26

Hi Deel,

I don’t know about your other points, but re:

I’ve read that a sample “.htaccess” file was provided with textpattern, I’ve never found it…

I think one way to find out what it should be is to have no .htaccess file, then go to ‘Admin, Diagnostics’ (I think, I’m away from proper web access) and you should get a warning about missing .htaccess file, with a ‘?’ link adjacent. That link takes you to a copy of the std .htaccess file.

Luck. Cheers -Alan

net-carver · 2010-07-25 23:13:27

Deel

3/ I’ve read that a sample “.htaccess” file was provided with textpattern, I’ve never found it…

It’s there alright — I’m assuming from your post that you’ve not got hidden files hidden in whatever tool you’re using to look at the source tree. So, in the meantime, here’s a link to it in the svn repository.

SandraN · 2012-04-04 09:25:18

I tried various things that were posted here for the German “1und1” but nothing worked. Then I found a hint here (http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=29976) that suggested adding this: Options -MultiViews.

This is the complete content of my .htaccess now and it works (note: the /textpattern/ is used because I have my installation running in this subdirection):


DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteBase /textpattern/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

Options -MultiViews

</IfModule>

#php_value register_globals 0

NicolasGraph · 2013-09-02 20:05:42

Working with TXP4.5.4 on 1and1 (fr)

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

Options +FollowSymLinks
#Options -Indexes
#ErrorDocument 403 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase /

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
	RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
	RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

	RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization}  !^$
	RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>

#php_value register_globals 0

# SVG
AddType image/svg+xml  svg svgz
AddEncoding gzip       svgz

Last edited by NicolasGraph (2013-09-02 22:28:07)

Viktor · 2014-10-11 16:21:20

Just a little note:

If your textpattern installation is stored in a subfolder you need to adjust the

RewriteBase /

according to your path.

NNF · 2016-04-02 19:53:27

Just a little heads up: it seems there has been a change in a recent version of Apache that causes the default .htaccess rewrite rules to fail. I wrestled with it for an hour or so and finally settled for this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Seems to be the only thing that works!

Last edited by NNF (2016-04-02 19:56:14)

ruud · 2016-04-02 21:28:20

Which Apache version… and how did it fail; did you get an error message (which one)?

NNF · 2016-04-02 22:49:15

I am not sure which specific version my host (NearlyFreeSpeech) is using. All I know it’s 2.4 something.

What happened is mod_rewrite would get stuck in an infinite loop (causing a 500 internal server error to the end user):

[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.191056 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#80742d0a0/initial] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.191496 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#8074181e8/initial/redir#1] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.193195 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#807410628/initial/redir#2] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.194845 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#807411d08/initial/redir#3] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.196724 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#80741a758/initial/redir#4] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.198640 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#807413548/initial/redir#5] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.200848 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#80741c750/initial/redir#6] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.202764 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#807437c50/initial/redir#7] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.204893 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#80743f850/initial/redir#8] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.207316 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#807442400/initial/redir#9] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.209900 2016] [rewrite:trace1] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] mod_rewrite.c(477): [client 172.17.240.6:60514] 172.17.240.6 - - [www.mywebsite.org/sid#8021e4788][rid#807445a90/initial/redir#10] [perdir /fs6a/mywebsite/public/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT], referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334
[Sat Apr 02 19:10:42.214057 2016] [core:error] [pid 19220:tid 34479639552] [client 172.17.240.6:60514] AH00124: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace., referer: http://www.mywebsite.org/index.php?id=334

And this is what my host told me:

This appears to be related to a change in Apache that made the interpretation of rewrite rules more strict.

It’s debatable / an open question as to whether your rewrite rules were never supposed to work and this change fixed that, or whether the change itself has a bug / is overzealous.

At a guess, it’s sort of the former because it looks like your rules were intended for us in an httpd.conf file rather than an .htaccess file; they do not account for the differences between the two. (However, many people aren’t aware of those differences.)

(Either way, what the Apache developers do is beyond our control and therefore it’s not a system problem.)

I’m inclined to believe them because these guys seem to know their stuff very well, but this is all the information I have right now. I will see if perhaps they can elaborate.

Last edited by NNF (2016-04-02 23:03:22)

NNF · 2016-04-03 09:36:34

It seems to affect Apache 2.4.18:

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58854#c8

Also, I only just stumbled across the other thread here where someone else was having the same problem. As mentioned there, just removing the [PT] flag from the original rewrite rule fixes the problem, too. Though I’m inclined to keep what I have right now, since it seems to work just as well and it’s shorter and easier to understand (to me, anyway).

Last edited by NNF (2016-04-03 09:36:50)

GugUser · 2016-04-03 12:25:38

You mean this .htaccess problem with supposed recursive rules.

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#97 2010-07-25 21:14:10

Re: Post your Clean URL .htaccess tweaks here

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