URGENT: mod_rewrite help, CodeIgniter + WordPress (WP)

[.Net2Php]

I have a CodeIgniter application with WP installed in /cms/ folder
(under root). I am able to access WP pages provided /cms/ is in the
URL. However, I want to eliminate the /cms/ part of the URL. So:

Instead of: www.domain.com/cms/my-article-in-wp/
I want: www.domain.com/my-article-in-wp/

I assume I need to do something with the .htaccess file in /cms.
Currently, here is what I have in the .htaccess of the /cms/ folder:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /cms/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /cms/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

The root .htaccess has the standard CodeIgniter .htaccess file. I
tried putting the following in the root .htaccess, but it didn't work:

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

I guess there might be some sort of conflict??? Anyway, if anyone can
point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
KIP

[Berend de Boer]

>>>>> "Net2Php" == Net2Php <kiph...@gmail.com> writes:

Net2Php> I have a CodeIgniter application with WP installed in
Net2Php> /cms/ folder (under root). I am able to access WP pages
Net2Php> provided /cms/ is in the URL. However, I want to
Net2Php> eliminate the /cms/ part of the URL. So:

Net2Php> RewriteRule ^cms/(.*)$ $1 [NC,L]

Wouldn't it be the other way around?

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

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Cheers,

Berend de Boer

[.Net2Php]

Barend,

Thanks for the suggestion. It works -- kindda.

When I put it in my root .htaccess, my CodeIgniter application stopped
working. When I tried to put it in .htaccess of the /cms/ folder, I
was getting server errors. There must be a conflict somewhere???

On Jul 18, 4:52 pm, Berend de Boer <ber...@pobox.com> wrote:

[Karl]

Typo in Berend's code... replace "cmd" with "cms"...

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[.Net2Php]

Yes, I caught the typo. The problems I am having as sans-typo.

> Senior Account Managerwww.KIWIreviews.co.nz... Where Your Views Count

[Matias Gertel]

Try this on your top folder, and remove the .htaccess from the /cms folder:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^cms/(.*)$ /cms/index.php [L,QSA]

# Or maybe like this:

#RewriteRule ^cms/(.*)$ /cms/index.php/$1 [L,QSA]

#Now the code igniter part:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php [L,QSA]

Matias Gertel

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e: mat...@codium.co.nz

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p: +64 9 838 3367

[.Net2Php]

Matias,

I tried your suggestion, but it still didn't work.

- CodeIgniter still works fine
- WordPress pages still accessible with /cms/ in the URL
- WordPress pages without /cms/ in the URL results in CodeIgniter 404
page

Here's my .htaccess file:

Options -Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -MultiViews

DirectoryIndex index.php

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Integrate WordPress per
# http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug/browse_thread/thread/e35d10e39ec0d95?hl=en

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^cms/(.*)$ /cms/index.php [L,QSA]

#RewriteRule ^cms/(.*)$ /cms/index.php/$1 [L,QSA]



#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CodeIgniter

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [NC,L,QSA]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [NC,L,QSA]


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Secure .svn directories

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
RewriteRule (\.svn)/(.*?) - [F,L]

Did I miss something?

[Matias Gertel]

Ok, now I'm re-reading your original post and a basic issue comes to mind:

Because both wordpress and codeigniter handle their redirects through php and not apache, apache has no way of knowing if a particular URL was handled correctly by either, so apache rules don't really count here. This means you'll have to put some kind of hack in either of the applications to send the request to the second app if the first app couldn't handle the URL. Maybe you could make somehow your CI app a WordPress plugin, or the other way round. Just a thought. I'm not too familiar with WP or CI but the cheeky way of doing it is putting the code in the error page controller. 

Matias Gertel

Freelance Web Development & Coding

e: mat...@codium.co.nz

m: +64 21 288 8840

p: +64 9 838 3367

[.Net2Php]

Matias,

Thanks for the help. There is a hack for this, but it involves going
into the core of CI and WP -- and initial attempts have not been so
successful for me. I just had to exhaust the mod_rewrite approach
before trying to hack these applications again. Thanks.

[Harvey Kane]

Just removing the 'urgent' from the subject line - it's playing havoc
with my email systems and I gather it's not actually urgent anymore :)

Harvey.

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