mod_rewrite: add trailing slash?

Question

I am using a .htaccess file to direct requests for a directory to a custom php file that provides info about that directory (and i want the url displayed by the browser to n

Answer 1

Try this. It will add trailing slash to directory requests which don't have trailing slash.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

#use the directory viewer on directories without an index page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ /myphp.php?url=$1/ [QSA,L]  

</IfModule>

Answer 2

Did you mean

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [L]

instead?

I don't know about your approach. I would try something like

RewriteRule ^/(\S+)/?$ /myphp.php?url=$1

I've used this for rewriting before and it works:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com$1
RewriteRule ^/(\S+)/?$ /myphp.php?url=$1

Note that I didn't include the trailing slash in the first rule.

Also, I would advice you not to rely on .htaccess unless absolutely necessary. This is because the server will check for .htaccess files constantly. Using the httpd.conf file instead means apache will only load conditions and rules once. At least I was adviced to do so because of this.

Answer 3

Don't bother with Mod Rewrite, there is a directive for it

<Location /some/path>
  DirectorySlash On
  SetHandler some-handler
</Location>

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html

Answer 4

This line:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -D

Should have been:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d