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apache.htaccessmod-rewriteurl-rewriting

Why doesn't redirection work in .htaccess?

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*)Itemid=111&(.*) [NC]
RewriteRule .* /d/index.php?%2 [R=301,L]

Works great for addresses /index.php?Itemid=111&board=100.300

But doesn't work for /d/index.php?Itemid=111&board=100.300

That is, if it is in a subdirectory, redirection does not work.

I tried the code for .htaccess that I showed above.

UPDATE:

In the /d/ directory there is a .htaccess file with the code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /d/
RewriteRule ^$ index.php [R=301,L]
Solution

  • MrWhite, thanks a lot for the tip! In the /d/ directory there was a .htaccess file with the code: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /d/ RewriteRule ^$ index.php [R=301,L] I removed this and now it works.

    Yes, that would have certainly caused the problem since mod_rewrite directives are not inherited by default. The mod_rewrite directives in the child config (/d/.htaccess) would have completely overridden the mod_rewrite directives in the parent .htaccess file in the root. The mod_rewrite directives in the root would not even have been processed.

    It would seem these directives in /d/.htaccess are superfluous anyway so should be removed to resolve this issue.

    mod_rewrite inheritance and how the mod_rewrite directives are merged between parent/child configs can be controlled with the RewriteOptions directive.