htaccess tricky one

ChicoMendez

Hi there

i have a little issue that some of you may be able to sort please

in my htaccess i have

RewriteRule apply /index.php?option=com_loans&view=apply&Itemid=102 [R=301,L,QSA]


basically meaning any get requests to apply will be sent on


however i have a page apply.html which with the above is no longer accessible as it creates a redirect loop


anyone know how to change the htaccess declaration so as only apply forwards on ?


tnx

cgarvey

Probably a couple of things at play here.

First your "apply" needs to be further restricted (using regex) so that it doesn't also match apply.html or /a/apply/b/test.html, etc. Probably best to be as tight as you can in that regex. E.g.

RewriteRule ^apply/$ ...

.. or if it's just "/apply" (document rather than folder), then..

RewriteRule ^apply$ ...

Secondly, by default MultiViews will serve up apply.html (if it exists at the same level you're rewriting for: e.g. /apply and /apply.html) before processing your rewrite rules. So if that's the case, you might want to disable it:

Options -MultiViews

.cg