always true rewritecond

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My university provides a public_html file in each student's Linux directory so tat each student can have a webpage. I want to put all my PHP scripts into that file and place the index in a sub-directory called webroot. I'm trying to work out a way to have an .htaccess file in the public_html that will redirect ALL requests in that folder to be redirected.

There's lots of advice on redirecting any file that doesn't exists but I want to redirect regardless of the existence of a file. Can I use something like RewriteCond TRUE?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '12 at 19:54

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You don't need a RewriteCond, If you just have a RewriteRule it will always be executed.

Mod_Rewrite is extensively well documented, please read the friendly manual.

answered Jun 24 '12 at 19:54

Chris S

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I've been looking through that document for a while now. /Extensive/ documentation is not always friendly for the beginner. – Matt Jun 24 '12 at 20:06
@Matt: This is a reference documentation, it needs to be complex because the topic is complex. Google is your friend for beginner tutorials. – Sven Jun 24 '12 at 20:25
@Matt While the documentation might not spoon feed it to you, as a IT Professional you are expected to be able to read and comprehend extensive and well documented systems. If you're not that kind of professional, [SF] isn't for you (per our [FAQ]). – Chris S Jun 25 '12 at 02:00
My mistake then. Just seemed out of place at stackoverflow. – Matt Jun 25 '12 at 06:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 29 '16 at 15:54

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You can put this in your .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch permanent ^~username/$ http://example.com/~username/php/index.php

That should redirect any request for the root to your index file (not tested). Adjust to match your public_html url and domain.

edited Mar 29 '16 at 15:54

DisgruntledGoat

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answered Jun 25 '12 at 09:33

always true rewritecond

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