Redirect /index.php permanently?

[g1smd]

All of the above code has multiple issues, not least the rules are in the wrong order and will invoke an unwanted multiple step redirection chain for some requests.

There's also syntax errors, and the code fails to redirect all non-canonical URL variants due to poor pattern matching/anchoring.

The example htaccess code also comes from very old versions of the file and there are several problems in that code. You should update your htaccess file to use the one from the current version of Joomla. You can get it from the Joomla install file. It's called htaccess.txt there. You should update that file even if you intend to continue using an older version of Joomla.

hi i have the same issue but i don't know where i add the code for redirection??

If you get the newest version of the htaccess file from the latest Joomla installer, it shows exactly where within the htaccess file any redirects should be added.

You'll also need this:

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########## Begin - 301 Redirect
#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*(index|home)\.html?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)(index|home)\.html?$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}>s ^(443>(s)|[0-9]+>s)$
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)index\.php$ http%2://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.example\.com)?$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#
########## End - 301 Redirect

[WPklub]

HI

I can implement site not showing index.php through joomla global configuration. Then all URLs are normal without index.php.

But then all the links on facebook or internal links are not working because they point on www.url.si/index.php/news/...

What MOD Rewrite 301 lines to use to be able to redirect all links pointing to index.php in the middle of URL to URL´s without it?

[WPklub]

HI

I can implement site not showing index.php through joomla global configuration. Then all URLs are normal without index.php.

But then all the links on facebook or internal links are not working because they point on http://www.url.si/index.php/news/...

What MOD Rewrite 301 lines to use to be able to redirect all links pointing to index.php in the middle of URL to URL´s without it?

RewriteRule ^index\.php/(.*) //$1 [R=301,L]

Is this ok?

[g1smd]

Absolutely not.

You need quite a bit more code around that. At the least, the target URL should include protocol and hostname.

The good news is that I've posted it many times before if you look back through this and other threads.

[mtmemon]

First of all thank you very much for all the information this was really helpful. I have another related problem that I need assistance with. I need to redirect the below link to root as well:

http://www.mysite.com/index.php?option= ... 1&Itemid=2

I used the code to redirect index.php to root and it worked, but in this case it just remove index.php from the above link and leave the rest as is. Below is the part of code from my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/administrator
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index\.php
RewriteRule ^index(.*) http://www.mysite.com [R=301,L]

########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common 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 Joomla!
#
## Deny access to extension xml files (uncomment out to activate)
#<Files ~ "\.xml$">
#Order allow,deny
#Deny from all
#Satisfy all
#</Files>
## End of deny access to extension xml files
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%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})
# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
#Rewrite for the .html to without .html

Kindly let me know how I can fix this.

Thanks!!

[flashpointmm]

I have tried adding the following code to my .htaccess file as suggested by cad_designer

## Begin - Custom redirects
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.hpshutters\.com\.au
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.hpshutters.com.au/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index\.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ http://www.. [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/administrator
## End - Custom redirects

When I try to go to http://www.hpshutters.com.au/index.php it redirects to http://www..
Server Not Found

I tried changing the line
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ http://www.. [R=301,L]
to
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ http://www.hpshutters.com.au/ [R=301,L]
but that hasn't helped.

Have I added the code correctly? I can access the /administrator backend so the last line of the code appears to work ok, just not /index.php redirect

Perhaps there is another way to achieve this...

[flashpointmm]

I have since tried using the code g1smb suggested and it now works


## Begin - Custom redirects
#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*(index|home)\.html?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)(index|home)\.html?$ http://www.hpshutters.com.au/$1 [R=301,L]
#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^/]+/)*index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}>s ^(443>(s)|[0-9]+>s)$
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)index\.php$ http%2://www.hpshutters.com.au/$1 [R=301,L]
#
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.hpshutters\.com\.au)?$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.hpshutters.com.au/$1 [R=301,L]
#
## End - Custom redirects

[khaivan92]

you redirect 301 on .htaccess

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*\/index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]