[CentOS] mod_rewrite issue

Craig White
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:02:39 -0000

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 08:33 -0700, Gary wrote:
> I'm installing Drupal 6.2 in the document root of a CentOS 5 install
> using httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_1. I'm using a virtual host entry with the
> following rewrite rule to enable "clean" URLs:
>
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [R,L,QSA]
>
> This works fine expect the user still sees the "ugly" URL in the
> address bar. However, if I remove the R, it breaks completely. Any
> clues? I can send more of my httpd.conf if you think it'll help.
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I use rewrite rules in .htaccess in drupal directory...

  # Rewrite URLs of the form 'index.php?q=x'.
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

Craig