How can I redirect requests to a sub-directory with .htaccess?

Question

I'm running a basic test to make sure the server supports .htaccess. Unfortunately, we're having a bit of an issue:

This is the structure of the website:

• /
• .htaccess
•     /test
•     /test/index.html

What I want to do is display (/test/index.html) when the user hits the root directory.

I'm using the following .htaccess script:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteRule ^$ test/$1 [L]
   RewriteRule (.*) test/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

As a result, I'm getting Internal Server Error. Am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

You are getting 500 error because $1 is undefined in first case. Change it to:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteRule ^$ test/$1 [L]
   RewriteRule ^(.*) test/$1 [L]
</IfModule>