# .htaccess rewrite **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 7, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297 "2008-10-07T01:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/1 "2008-10-07T01:29:15Z")
can someone help me with an .htaccess rewrite? i’m trying to convert all requests to “/?spot=8888” to be “/locations/ 888”. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/2 "2008-10-07T03:01:08Z")
Hi, Try this .htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SCRIPT\_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{SCRIPT\_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^/locations/(.\*)$ /?spot=$1 ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/3 "2008-10-07T04:39:29Z")
That didn’t work (and appears to be backwards). I tried the following w/ no luck… RewriteRule ^/?spot=(._)$ /locations/$1 RewriteRule ^/?spot=(._)$ /locations/$1 [R=301,L] RewriteRule /?spot=(.\*)$ /locations/$1 [R=301,L] This is also for a subdomain under Rails… [http://m.domain.com/?spot=8888](http://m.domain.com/?spot=8888) to [http://m.domain.com/locations/8888](http://m.domain.com/locations/8888) On Oct 6, 5:34 pm, Gerson M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/4 "2008-10-07T17:08:50Z")
@abhishek - you can catch all traffic on a port and redirect like this (but beware of an infinite loop)… RewriteCond '%{SERVER\_PORT}" “^12004$” RewriteRule “^(.\*)$” “http://%{SERVER\_NAME}$1” [R=301,L] Anyone able to help me with a redirect from “/?spot=8888” to “/ locations/8888”? Simple yet elusive ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/5 "2008-10-07T09:43:36Z")
guys even my problem is somewhat related to the same as currently hosted my application on bluehost which is running on port 12004. so when every i try to access my site “http:///www.mydomain.com” its redirect me to " [http://mydomain.com:12004](http://mydomain.com:12004)" so if some one guide me that will be very helpful thanks… regards abhishek ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/6 "2008-10-07T17:34:51Z")
Hey thanks sav but still no success… RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA] RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA] RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(._)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L] RewriteCond '%{SERVER\_PORT}" “^12004$” RewriteRule "^(._)$" “http://%{SERVER\_NAME}$1” [R=301,L] This is my .htaccess setting and seriously no idea… wat to do… new in deployment. Note i don’t have an root access… the only file which i can editi s .htaccess and other files from public folder… Thanks sav if you can help me regards Abhishek S. ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/7 "2008-10-07T20:40:42Z")
Hey Hassan, Thanks for reply the main issue is that i don’t have an access to apache folder currently my application running on Bluehost with a dedicated IP address. And even i am not able to access rewrite.log file as well ☹ so that is why my is screwed up… So please guys help me… Regards Abhishek shukla On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Hassan S. \< ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/8 "2008-10-07T22:07:07Z")
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Abhishek shukla [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks for reply the main issue is that i don’t have an access to apache > folder currently my application running on Bluehost with a dedicated IP > address. And even i am not able to access rewrite.log file as well You should be able to set this up through .htaccess with logging set to go to a directory you have write permissions to. – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Sav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sav)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/htaccess-rewrite/150297/9 "2008-10-07T19:35:24Z")
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Sav [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > That didn’t work (and appears to be backwards). I tried the following > w/ no luck… You probably want to turn on/up rewrite logging for more information on /why/ you’re having “no luck”, instead of guessing 🙂 Something like: RewriteLog “/usr/local/apache-httpd-2.2.9/logs/rewrite.log” RewriteLogLevel 3 See the httpd docs for more info. ## HTH, Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid