> Date: Sunday, May 01, 2022 18:13:54 +1200
> From: gordonisnz@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Hmm a weekend wasted - thought it was going, but that only lasted
> 5 minutes - now not going.
>
> 1) Ive moved my "office" script into /office2/ subdirectory
>
> 2) no htaccess in my office2 subdirectory. changed all links/URLs
> in my HTML output to go to /office2/
>
> 3) the htaccess in my root/main directory has lines to EXCLUDE the
> /office2/ directory but I still get redirected to /office/ when I
> submit my form.
>
> my main / top htaccess is:-
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /
>
> RewriteRule ^(css) - [L]
> RewriteRule ^office2/ - [L] - QUESTION: (DOES THIS EXCLUDE
> SUBDIRECTORY ??)
> RewriteRule ^login login.php [NC,QSA,L]
> RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ index.php [NC,QSA,L]
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [NC,QSA,L]
>
A couple of observations/notes:
- rewrite rules are a part of the apache configuration and not
related to php proper. [obviously they will impact how php
pages are displayed, but they aren't a part of php.]
- you need to turn on and review rewrite rule logging.
- some aspects of rewrite rules (specifically logging) are
apache-version dependent, but you haven't included any
mention of either your apache or php version.
- it's rather unclear what you are trying to accomplish and why
all the rewrite rules. you need to provide a fairly detailed
description of your set up, structure and goals in order for
people to provide insights. a plethora of rewrite rules are
generally unnecessary/undesired.
- it's not clear what you are referring to here:
> but that only lasted 5 minutes - now not going.
things don't "magically" work or stop working on their own, so
this implies that you did something that caused things to stop
working. when debugging - make *one* action/change,
document/test then make another (single) action/change, etc.
save your state incrementally so that you can roll back. i.e.,
don't try to remember what you did/typed (you may not have
actually made the change you think you did). rather keep explicit
backups then use diff (or equiv) to see changes if/as necessary.
