lighttpd forum lighty > rewrite vs. redirect

Hi!

I'm new to lighty and have a problem with the configuration. I have set 
up a redirect and a rewrite. Unfortunately the rewrite is always done 
first preventing my redirect being executed.

Here is a simplified exaple:

url.redirect = (
                 "^/foo" => "http://www.somesite.com"
                )

url.rewrite-once = (
                    "^/(.*)/?$" => "/action.php?id=$1",
                   )

As you can see the rewrite will match anything, thus preventing the 
redirect to be executed. I real life both options contain some bigger 
lists of rewrites and redirects but it all comes down to this: I need a 
way to go through the redirects before the rewrites.

Can anyone give me a tip how to do this?

BTW. I read that module order matters but it seems not to make any 
difference. This is my module list:

server.modules  = (
                 "mod_redirect",
                 "mod_rewrite",
                 "mod_alias",
                 "mod_access",
                 "mod_auth",
                 "mod_fastcgi",
                 "mod_accesslog"
)

Andi

I have the same problem with you. Do you solve this？

Or anyone can give me a solution？

I was also having this problem and finally got an answer from user 
"weigon_". If your rewrite rule goes to "$0", then the URL will pass 
through. This is how you would fix your example:

Andi wrote:
> url.redirect = (
>                  "^/foo" => "http://www.somesite.com"
>                 )
> 
> url.rewrite-once = (
>                     "^/(.*)/?$" => "/action.php?id=$1",
>                    )

You would simply do this:

url.redirect = (
                 "^/foo" => "http://www.somesite.com"
               )

url.rewrite-once = (
                    "^/foo"     => "$0",
                    "^/(.*)/?$" => "/action.php?id=$1",
                   )

And then hits to /foo will pass through the rewrite and go onto the 
redirect. I am succesfully using this in my own configuration. Good 
luck!

This thread is old, but it was one of the top hits when I was searching 
-- I hope someone else finds this helpful. I'm going to try editing the 
mod_rewrite wiki page.

.:. brainsik