[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30340: .htaccess bug

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#30340: .htaccess bug
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 Reporter:  MarjWyatt      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Rewrite Rules  |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Changes (by haykayltduk):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 Hi MarjWyatt,

 Thank you for reporting an issue.

 I do not believe that the problem (or fix) are related.

 Firstly, there is not a duplicate in the generated .htaccess file.

 Going through the rules, the main thing to keep in mind is that [L]
 indicates the *L*ast part of the rule.

 So, the first rule is:

 {{{
 RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
 }}}

 This means '''if''' the requested file is index.php, then this is the last
 rule (and evaluate no further rules) and since nothing is specified (the
 '-'), then nothing is done.

 The second rule is:

 {{{
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
 }}}

 In this rule, it says:
  - if what is requested is '''not''' a file ''AND''
  - if what is requested is '''not''' a directory ''THEN''
  - rewrite the requested URI to /blog/index.php (and evaluate nothing
 further)

 Back to your redirect rules.

 The problem is your first redirect 301.

 {{{
 Redirect 301 /chocolate-covered-strawberries-edible-arrangements/
 http://www.someurl.com/blog/chocolate-covered-strawberries-arrangements/
 }}}

 If we re-examine the rules above, we'll see that you will hit the second
 rules, and then go into a loop.

 The reason is that your want to redirect to /blog/..../'''index.php'''
 instead.

 HTH,
 Anand

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