[pmwiki-users] ** Final Solution: Re: lots of problems when redirecting or rewriting URLs

[DaveG]

Okay. I've now got everything working. Here's the final solution,


*Definitions*
Root/top level directory: The base of the url you want users to see. If 
you want: "http://xxx.com/Main/HomePage" the this would be "/"; if you 
want "http://xxx.com/pmwiki/Main/HomePage" it would be "/pmwiki/".

*Assumptions*

1] We want URL's in the format:
    "http://xxx.com/~nepherim/Main/HomePage",

2] top/root directory is "/~nepherim/". Root is where your main 
index.php file will reside (not necessarily the same as where pmwiki.php 
resides).

3] pmwiki is installed in "/~nepherim/pmwiki". *NOTE:* if pmwiki is in a 
different directory to the top/root then there does not need to be an 
index.php or .htaccess in the pmwiki directory -- they will be placed in 
the top/root.

*Process*
1] In the root/top level directory .htaccess:
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine on

#Path to the root/top level directory:
    RewriteBase /~nepherim/
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
    RewriteRule ^/?$ Main/HomePage/ [R=permanent,QSA,L]
#index.php resides in the root/top level directory
    RewriteRule ^([^/a-z].*) index.php?n=$1 [QSA,L]

2] Create an index.php in the root/top level directory, which the rules 
above are redirecting to:
<?
    php chdir('pmwiki');
    include 'pmwiki.php';

3] In pmwiki/local/config.php (note, the lack of trailing "/" except for 
"$UploadDir":

    $EnablePathInfo = 1;
    $BaseUrl = 'http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/~nepherim/pmwiki';
    $ScriptUrl = 'http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/~nepherim'; 

    $PubDirUrl = $BaseUrl.'/pub';
    $UploadUrlFmt = $BaseUrl.'/uploads';
    $UploadDir = 'uploads/';

4] Make sure your .tmpl template image files have the appropriate path.

Good luck!

  ~ ~ Dave

Waylan Limberg wrote:
> On 1/19/06, DaveG <pmwiki at solidgone.com> wrote:
>> The whole thing is pretty clear to me now! Based on the idea of moving
>> .htaccess up to the root directory, I've now managed to get URL's:
>>     From: http://dom.com/~nepherim/pmwiki/Home/HomePage/
>>     To:   http://dom.com/~nepherim/Main/HomePage
>>
>> I'm having a problem (URL not found) with Editing, Uploading, and
>> History links (strangely Searching works fine).
>>
>> I used this .htaccess inside "http://dom.com/~nepherim/":
>>     Options +FollowSymLinks
>>     RewriteEngine on
>>     RewriteBase /~nepherim/
>>     RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
>>     RewriteRule ^([^/a-z].*) index.php?n=$1 [QSA,L]
>>
>> I put an index.php inside "http://dom.com/~nepherim/":
>>     <?php chdir('pmwiki'); include 'pmwiki.php';
>>
>> And I used these settings in config.php:
>>     $BaseUrl = 'http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/~nepherim';
>>     $ScriptUrl = $BaseUrl;
>>     $PubDirUrl = $BaseUrl.'/pmwiki/pub';
>>     $ImgDirUrl = $ScriptUrl.'/pmwiki/img';
>>     $UploadUrlFmt = $BaseUrl.'/pmwiki/uploads';
>>
>>
>>   ~ ~ Dave
>>
> I see you got it. That is what I was trying to suggest. Sorry I wasn't clear.
Not at all, thanks for putting the thought in my head!

> 
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