Redirecting foo.com/something to foo.com/something/

tehon3299 · 03-Feb-2004, 12:19 AM #1

OK Guys -

HELP! I need to know how I would redirect something on my webpage from www.something.com/gallery to www.something.com/gallery/. If I do not put the last / on the end, it will not go to the page. How can I do this?!! I am running Mandrake 9.2 with Apache 2.

Thanks!

brendandonhu · 03-Feb-2004, 05:48 PM #2

Heres a quick-n-easy way.

Create a file called ".htaccess".
Put this in it

Code:

<Files gallery>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

Then create a file called "gallery" and put this in it. Make sure there are no blank lines at the beginning or end of the file.

PHP Code:

<?php header('Location: http://yourwebsite.com/gallery/'); ?>

brendandonhu · 03-Feb-2004, 05:50 PM #3

BTW that requires that you have PHP installed as an Apache Module. If not, look into using mod_rewrite to rewrite the URLs.

Gibble · 03-Feb-2004, 05:56 PM #4

use the .htaccess file and mod_rewrite so it's done properly

Read here

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/82.htm

tehon3299 · 03-Feb-2004, 06:00 PM #5

ALright! Thanks guys!

tehon3299 · 03-Feb-2004, 08:21 PM #6

OK Guys -

I've read the Apache tutorial about the rewrite rules and it says to add:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /~quux/
RewriteRule ^foo$ foo/ [R]

I am running Apache on Linux so would I add:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /var/www/html/
RewriteRule ^gallery$ gallery/ [R]

And where does this go?! I thought it went in my .htaccess file but it doesn't seem to work. Also, should my .htaccess file be in my /var/www/html/ directory?

Thanks!

Gibble · 03-Feb-2004, 10:22 PM #7

I don't think you need the RewriteBase directive in this case.

And I don't think you would use tje [atj upi are isomg amujpw/

Gibble · 03-Feb-2004, 10:26 PM #8

Umm...let me try and figure out what I meant to write there!

"And I don't think you would use the path you are using anyhow."

hehe, had my hand on the wrong keys somehow!

tehon3299 · 03-Feb-2004, 11:15 PM #9

Quote:

Originally posted by brendandonhu:

Then create a file called "gallery" and put this in it. Make sure there are no blank lines at the beginning or end of the file.

PHP Code:

<?php header('Location:[url]http://yourwebsite.com/gallery/[/url]');?>

OK...This works if I go to: http://www.mysite.com/gallery.php but if I go to http://www.mysite.com/gallery it just says page not found. Ahh! I cant figure this out! Damn trailing slashes!

EDIT: I cant get that href stuff to go away but I didnt put that in my gallery page anyways.

Gibble · 03-Feb-2004, 11:24 PM **#10**

rename gallery.php to just gallery with no extension

tehon3299 · 03-Feb-2004, 11:29 PM **#11**

It wont let me because I already have a folder named gallery in my root html folder.

Gibble · 04-Feb-2004, 10:57 AM **#12**

And that is why you should do it with mod_rewrite

tehon3299 · 04-Feb-2004, 01:10 PM **#13**

OK...Does this mod_rewrite stuff go in the actually php file or should it be going in my .htaccess file?

Gibble · 04-Feb-2004, 01:18 PM **#14**

In the .htaccess file, and you don't need a gallery.php file

Toddles18 · 04-Feb-2004, 11:31 PM **#15**

PHP Code:

  html> 

<head> 

<title>redirect</title> 

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0";URL="http://address.com"> 

</head> 

<body></body> 

</html>

That works and is easy, though some argue against it because of search engines.

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