Comments on: mod_rewrite + mod_proxy + spaces in URI = boom! http://www.buro9.com/blog/2007/08/17/mod_rewrite-mod_proxy-spaces-in-uri-boom/ What you get when you cross a programmer with a cyclist Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta1-9502 hourly 1 By: Bloutiouf http://www.buro9.com/blog/2007/08/17/mod_rewrite-mod_proxy-spaces-in-uri-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Bloutiouf Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:20:53 +0000 http://blog.buro9.com/2007/08/17/mod_rewrite-mod_proxy-spaces-in-uri-boom/#comment-684 In fact the issue is solvable if you add a PHP file on your first server. Let me explain: My site use "Search Engine Optimization" uri, i.e. "http://site/foo/barr" and not "http://site/index.php?firstarg=foo&secondarg=bar". You can easily turn the second syntax into the first one. I mainly use the .htaccess file Joomla provides : RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php RewriteRule (.*) index.php/$1 In the file "index.php", you can access to the extra path with the variable $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']. For the example it would look like "/foo/bar". This string is not escaped. But you can do with the function urlencode. Then, but I didn't try, you can either put header('Location: http://newserveur'.urlencode($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])) or put readfile('http://newserveur'.urlencode($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])), I don't guess which is the correct, I think it depends if your SVN software understands header requests. Here is. I hope this works :) In fact the issue is solvable if you add a PHP file on your first server. Let me explain:

My site use “Search Engine Optimization” uri, i.e. “http://site/foo/barr” and not “http://site/index.php?firstarg=foo&secondarg=bar”. You can easily turn the second syntax into the first one. I mainly use the .htaccess file Joomla provides :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteRule (.*) index.php/$1

In the file “index.php”, you can access to the extra path with the variable $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']. For the example it would look like “/foo/bar”. This string is not escaped. But you can do with the function urlencode. Then, but I didn’t try, you can either put header(’Location: http://newserveur‘.urlencode($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])) or put readfile(’http://newserveur’.urlencode($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])), I don’t guess which is the correct, I think it depends if your SVN software understands header requests.

Here is. I hope this works :)

]]> By: Peter http://www.buro9.com/blog/2007/08/17/mod_rewrite-mod_proxy-spaces-in-uri-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Peter Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:10:28 +0000 http://blog.buro9.com/2007/08/17/mod_rewrite-mod_proxy-spaces-in-uri-boom/#comment-680 That is nicely explained. Of course I only have access to .htaccess so I couldn't actually use it. I guess the issue is insolvable with only htaccess files. That is nicely explained. Of course I only have access to .htaccess so I couldn’t actually use it. I guess the issue is insolvable with only htaccess files.

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