Anyone any good at lighttpd config? specifically url.rewrite

[DannyB]

I've been trying to find examples/documentation on url.rewrite and failing, can't get my head round what should be simple (I think...)

current line for the site in lighttpd.conf is

url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

which is fine for the root page, however I have a separate subfolder which has index.php rather than index.html, I'd like to be able to go to www.domain.com/folder/ and have it server the relevant index.php, it doesn't and I have no idea how to get it to do so!

Heeeelp

Danny

[principia]

have you got something along the lines of

server.indexfiles = ( "index.html", "index.htm") in the .conf file?

J.

[DannyB]

I Currently have

url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )
server.indexfiles = ( "index.php", "index.html" )
index-file.names = ( "index.php", "index.html",
"index.htm", "default.htm" )

Danny

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by DannyB

I Currently have

url.rewrite = ( "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )
server.indexfiles = ( "index.php", "index.html" )
index-file.names = ( "index.php", "index.html",
"index.htm", "default.htm" )

Danny

Right getting there...

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder/$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

gives me it working on www.domain.com/subfolder/ but not on www.domain.com/subfolder (Note the extra / at the end)

Nearly there....

Danny

[lloydwatkin]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Right getting there...

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder/$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

gives me it working on www.domain.com/subfolder/ but not on www.domain.com/subfolder (Note the extra / at the end)

Nearly there....

Danny

Guessing this is something like mod rewrite in apache?

Easiest way I suppose would be just to have two rules:

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder/$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

??

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by lloydwatkin

Guessing this is something like mod rewrite in apache?

Easiest way I suppose would be just to have two rules:

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder/$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

??

Looks pretty similar to that, it's trying to get my head round the context of the "^([^.]+)$" that is confusing me, I presume that's the bit that handles the www.domain.com (without the /) but not sure where to put the subdomain in to the expression.

No problem with using two statements (as long as it works the same!) I'll give it a go

All help rewarded with greens!!!!

Danny

[lloydwatkin]

Look up RegEx, hard stuff, find examples much easier

[neilh]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Right getting there...

url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder/$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

gives me it working on www.domain.com/subfolder/ but not on www.domain.com/subfolder (Note the extra / at the end)

Nearly there....

Danny

You could try:
url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder[/]?$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

I must admit I don't know this httpd though and the second of your original rule puzzles me a bit. The first seems to be replacing a request for the root of your site with index.html which is fair enough, but the second seems to shift requests for any paths to be index.html/whatever which seems odd.

E.g. "/subfolder/" becomes "index.html/subfolder/"

Anyway, give it a try and see if it works

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by neilh

You could try:
url.rewrite = ( "^/subfolder[/]?$" => "subfolder/index.php", "^/$" => "index.html", "^([^.]+)$" => "index.html/$1" )

I must admit I don't know this httpd though and the second of your original rule puzzles me a bit. The first seems to be replacing a request for the root of your site with index.html which is fair enough, but the second seems to shift requests for any paths to be index.html/whatever which seems odd.

E.g. "/subfolder/" becomes "index.html/subfolder/"

Anyway, give it a try and see if it works

Tried that, domain.com/subfolder/ is still working domain.com/subfolder now goes to domain.com/index.php

As for the second bit, no idea what it does was set like that by default.

Regards,

Danny

[neilh]

Originally Posted by DannyB

Tried that, domain.com/subfolder/ is still working domain.com/subfolder now goes to domain.com/index.php

Eh?! That sounds like something else is going on then - I can't see how the rewrite rules you have can end up with that!

Can you PM me the full config and I'll see if I can spot anything?