.htaccess RewriteRule conflict across different directories

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On my Ubuntu development machine(s) I run a LAMP stack. For each website I work on, I create a new directory off root:

/var/www/somesite.com

/var/www/anothersite.com

The problem I have is that apache wont allow duplicate rewrite rules across these folders. For instance, If I set up this:

RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$ /somesite.com/order_track.php [nc,L]

http://localhost/somesite.com/track/abc123 - works as intented

This same declaration wont work on anothersite.com

RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$ /anothersite.com/order_track.php [nc,L]

http://localhost/anothersite.com/track/abc123 - Apache returns a 404.

Clearing browser cache and restarting Apache have no effect. Apache seems to "remember" the first like rewriterule used. This happens on all of my computers(Home, work, laptop)

Edit: I should have mentioned that I have an htaccess file in each directory. The root /var/www does not contain an htaccess file. Each directory's htaccess should operate independently. But they do not.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-19 22:48:55Z

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You can have this in /somesite.com/.htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /somesite.com/

RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$ order_track.php [NC,L]

Then this in /anothersite.com/.htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /anothersite.com/

RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$ order_track.php [NC,L]

answered May 19, 2014 at 22:48

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Scotty H Over a year ago

While it does work, this feels like a work-around. I'd rather know why Apache behaves like this. Thanks for the input!

Scotty H Over a year ago

I say it is a work around because, from what I've read, Apache should not be behaving in this manner. Each htaccess file in the sub-folders should operate independently. I've found no other way to correct the problem, therefore I'm using the solution you provided.

anubhava Over a year ago

There's are many cases when sub folder's htaccess inherits parent htaccess. What you have here is a standard htaccess rewrite behavior.

Scotty H Over a year ago

There is no htaccess in the parent folder. These are two htaccess file independent of each other. In separate directories off root, with no htaccess files above them. There should be no conflict, yet there is.

Deadooshka · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-20 04:56:30Z

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(somesite\.com|anothersite\.com)$
RewriteRule ^track/ /%1/order_track.php [NC,L]

you don't need (.*) if not needed to catch this.

answered May 20, 2014 at 4:56

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