Re: mod_rewrite and WO to rewrite /index.html into

On Dec 2, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:

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> On Dec 2, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Chad Leigh wrote:
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>> I would like a simple apache rewrite of /index.html into the start  
>> of my wo-app.  I do not want a redirect but want /index.html to  
>> actually return the main page of my app without a redirect.  Right  
>> now I am just interested in the main page.   Maybe later I will  
>> play with other things.
>>
>> Anyway, I have googled WO and mod_rewrite and it says, if I  
>> understood things correctly, in the various posts, to place  
>> mod_rewrite after the AddModule / LoadModule for mod_webobjects.   
>> I have done that (have actually tried both).
>>
> You need both.  And yes, rewrite goes _after_ webobjects.
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>> My rule is a simple one
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>>     RewriteEngine on
>>     RewriteLog logs/mysite.com-rewrite_log
>>     RewriteRule ^index\.html$ cgi-bin/WebObjects/app.woa
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> This should be
> RewriteRule 		^/index\.html$ 	/cgi-bin/WebObjects/app.woa [L, PT]
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> I would also add
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> RewriteRule 		^/$ 				/cgi-bin/WebObjects/app.woa [L, PT]
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> Note the leading /

Ok, thanks. It works now. Last night I had tried various incantations  
with and without leading / as well as with PT and not but not with  
the L flag and not all together.

Thanks!

Chad

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>> I have also tried it with [PT] for pass-through at the end of the  
>> rule
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> You do want that so that the user will not see the change.
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>> Nothing happens and I do not get anything in the rewrite log,  
>> which was created but stays 0 length.
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>> Has anyone used rewriting in this way?
>>
> Constantly.
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> Chuck
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