I’m trying to add some RewriteRules to my htaccess file and I’m getting some strange behaviour - all the more strange as this site has been up and running for nearly two years, and already had to rewrite in the htaccess.
When I went to add some more I was getting inconsistent results so I went back to the default grav settings and started from there.
If I leave the .htaccess file as in the default grav installation it works fine, and the simple search process works - as soon as I add any Rewrite Rules my searhc function stops working and re-directs to the homepage with query stripped.
Here’s my basic .htaccess (and I just did a virgin grav install to copy these from):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
## Begin RewriteBase
# If you are getting 500 or 404 errors on subpages, you may have to uncomment the RewriteBase entry
# You should change the '/' to your appropriate subfolder. For example if you have
# your Grav install at the root of your site '/' should work, else it might be something
# along the lines of: RewriteBase /<your_sub_folder>
##
# RewriteBase /
## End - RewriteBase
## Begin - X-Forwarded-Proto
# In some hosted or load balanced environments, SSL negotiation happens upstream.
# In order for Grav to recognize the connection as secure, you need to uncomment
# the following lines.
#
# RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} https
# RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTPS:on]
#
## End - X-Forwarded-Proto
## Begin - Exploits
# If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
# This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Grav
#
# Block out any script trying to use twig tags in URL.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ({{|}}|{%|%}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ({{|}}|{%25|%25}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Return 403 Forbidden header and show the content of the root homepage
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]
#
## End - Exploits
## Begin - Index
# If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
# has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the index.php script
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
## End - Index
## Begin - Security
# Block all direct access for these folders
RewriteRule ^(\.git|cache|bin|logs|backup|webserver-configs|tests)/(.*) error [F]
# Block access to specific file types for these system folders
RewriteRule ^(system|vendor)/(.*)\.(txt|xml|md|html|json|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$ error [F]
# Block access to specific file types for these user folders
RewriteRule ^(user)/(.*)\.(txt|md|json|yaml|yml|php|pl|py|cgi|twig|sh|bat)$ error [F]
# Block all direct access to .md files:
RewriteRule \.md$ error [F]
# Block all direct access to files and folders beginning with a dot
RewriteRule (^|/)\.(?!well-known) - [F]
# Block access to specific files in the root folder
RewriteRule ^(LICENSE\.txt|composer\.lock|composer\.json|\.htaccess)$ error [F]
## End - Security
</IfModule>
# Begin - Prevent Browsing and Set Default Resources
Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
# End - Prevent Browsing and Set Default Resources
The search function works fine. If I add this line:
RewriteRule ^properties/bifora https://www.invitationtotuscany.com/villas/italy/tuscany/grosseto/bifora [R=301,L]
Simple search stops working and i just get re-directed to the home page. The same thing happens if I use a different section of my redirects, like:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^\/properties/property-detail\.*$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^property_id=(119*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://www.invitationtotuscany.com/villas/italy/tuscany/siena/pipistrelli [R=301,QSD]
The Rewrite doesn’t work and Search stops working.
I’ve tested the syntax on https://htaccess.madewithlove.com/
the website is https://www.invitationtotuscany.com/