php - RewriteRule to new URL and internally rewrite to old one -

php - RewriteRule to new URL and internally rewrite to old one -

my goal redirect users these paths:

/foo/index.php /foo/

to

/index

and have /index load original content /foo/index.php.

is possible in .htaccess?

so far i've tried:

rewriterule ^foo/(index\.php)?$ /index [r=301,qsa,l] rewriterule ^index$ /foo/index.php [qsa,l]

but gets infinite redirection loop. thought adding rewritecond uri help, docs:

note: conditions beingness processed after pattern of rewriterule has matched.

so apparently rewritecond won't of much utilize in utilize case.

looking through rewrite flags docs, s flag seems i'm looking for:

this flag forces rewriting engine skip next num rules in sequence, if current rule matches. utilize create pseudo if-then-else constructs: lastly rule of then-clause becomes skip=n, n number of rules in else-clause.

so i've tried:

rewriterule ^index$ /foo/index.php [qsa,l,s=1] rewriterule ^foo/(index\.php)?$ /index [r=301,qsa,l]

though, have l flag, s flag seems little redundant. nevertheless, logic seems right in view, though still in infinite redirection loop.

right i'm using workaround php. first, apache internally rewrites new url old 1 , in php check if $_server['request_uri'] matches new format in origin of script, otherwise ensue 301 redirect new url.

though, i'd know whether possible .htaccess solely? or if can explain how/why i'm getting infinite loop rewrite rules above grateful.

the problem rules in .htaccess file, , docs say, file reparsed after every rewite loop, letst might have been applicable .htaccess in different directory. l flags in vain.

i have looked around, , if cannot place rewrite rules in main apache config, can offer next kludge: because server-variables the_request not updated between rewrite runs, 1 can conclude "browser visible url" there , prevent rewriting in case:

# external redirect /index (unless browser shows /index plus query params) rewritecond %{the_request} !^\w+\ /index(\?.*)?\ http/1..$ rewriterule ^foo/(index\.php)?$ /index [r=301,qsa,l] # internal redirect /index rewriterule ^index$ /foo/index.php [qsa,l]

i thought there variable remains unchanged, right cannot find it. maybe else ?

php apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting