Rewrite mode and Logout problem

[tetrijeb]

Hello to all,

I have activated rewrite engine to exclude index.php out of URL. I have also decided not to use suffix at all and also to have www prefix added when it's not stated. But, now I have problem with Back End login/logout. After I click on Logout button, I am redirected to Back End login page again, but now, it generates 404 page.

Redirection should go to page domain.com/contao/index.php, but now I am getting www.domain.com/sr-BA/contao/

I think that I have to exclude language part of URL in that case, but I am not sure what Cond to add:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/contao/$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^[a-z]{2}/$ index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]{2})$ $1/ [R=301,L]

[Spooky]

I have also decided not to use suffix at all and also to have www prefix added when it's not stated.

Did you change your .htaccess file accordingly? » https://github.com/contao/core/blob/...ault#L249-L253

[tetrijeb]

Solved by line

RewriteRule ^contao - [L,NC]

that I put before any other rule.

[Spooky]

Solved by line

RewriteRule ^contao - [L,NC]

that I put before any other rule.

That's not the correct solution. Please post your complete .htaccess

[tetrijeb]

Well.. :/

Here it is.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On

  RewriteRule ^contao - [L,NC]

  ##
  # Change the RewriteBase if your Contao installation is in a subdirectoy and
  # the rewrite rules are not working properly. Usage examples:
  #
       RewriteBase /
  #   RewriteBase /path/to/contao
  #
  # Depending on your server, you might have to remove the line entirely. 
  ##

  ##
  # Uncomment the following lines and replace "domain.com" with your domain
  # name to redirect requests without "www" to the correct domain. 
  ##
  	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^****\.org [NC]
  	RewriteRule (.*) http://www.****.org/$1 [R=301,L]



  ##
  # If you cannot use mod_deflate, uncomment the following lines to load a
  # compressed .gz version of the aggregated Contao JavaScript and CSS files.
  ##
  #AddEncoding gzip .gz
  #<FilesMatch "\.js\.gz$">
  #  AddType "text/javascript" .gz
  #</FilesMatch>
  #<FilesMatch "\.css\.gz$">
  #  AddType "text/css" .gz
  #</FilesMatch>
  #RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
  #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(js|css)$
  #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.gz -f
  #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.gz [QSA,L]

  ##
  # Do not rewrite requests for static files or folders such as style sheets,
  # images, movies or text documents. Do not add the URL suffix here!
  ##
  <FilesMatch "\.(htm|php|js|css|htc|png|gif|jpe?g|ico|xml|csv|txt|swf|flv|eot|woff|svg|ttf|pdf|gz|xls|xlsx|doc|docx)$">
    RewriteEngine Off
  </FilesMatch>

  ##
  # By default, Contao adds ".html" to the generated URLs to simulate static
  # HTML documents. If you change the URL suffix in the back end settings, make
  # sure to change it here accordingly!
  #
       RewriteRule .* index.php [L]   # URL suffix .html
  #   RewriteRule .*\.txt$ index.php [L]    # URL suffix .txt
  #   RewriteRule .*\.json$ index.php [L]   # URL suffix .json
  #
  # If you do not want to use an URL suffix at all, you have to add a second
  # line to prevent URLs that point to folders from being rewritten (see #4031).
  #
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.|/$)
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1.html [R=301,L]

   
  #
  # If you are using mod_cache, it is recommended to use the RewriteRule below,
  # which adds the query string to the internal URL:
  # 
    	RewriteRule (.*\.html)$ index.php/$1 [L]
  #
  # Note that not all environments support mod_rewrite and mod_cache.
  ##
  #	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  #	RewriteRule .*\.html$ index.php [L]

  ##
  # The following rules are required if you want to pass the language as first
  # URL parameter (added in Contao 2.11). The first rule rewrites an empty URL
  # to the front end controller, the second one adds a missing trailing slash.
  ##
	RewriteRule ^[a-z]{2}/$ index.php [L]
  	RewriteRule ^([a-z]{2})$ $1/ [R=301,L]
	

</IfModule>

[Spooky]

This does not seem to be the original .htaccess from Contao. You should restore the .htaccess.default file from Contao and then make the according URL suffix changes as described within the .htaccess.default documentation:

  ##
  # By default, Contao adds ".html" to the generated URLs to simulate static
  # HTML documents. If you change the URL suffix in the back end settings, make
  # sure to change it here accordingly!
  #
  #   RewriteRule .*\.html$ index.php [L]   # URL suffix .html
  #   RewriteRule .*\.txt$ index.php [L]    # URL suffix .txt
  #   RewriteRule .*\.json$ index.php [L]   # URL suffix .json
  #
  # If you do not want to use an URL suffix at all, you have to add a third
  # line to prevent URLs that point to folders from being rewritten (see #4031).
  #
  #   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  #   RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
  #
  # If you are using mod_cache, it is recommended to use the RewriteRule below,
  # which adds the query string to the internal URL:
  #
  #   RewriteRule (.*\.html)$ index.php/$1 [L]
  #
  # Note that not all environments support mod_rewrite and mod_cache.
  ##

Your complete .htaccess file should then look like this for example:

##
# Contao Open Source CMS
#
# Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Leo Feyer
#
# @license LGPL-3.0+
##

##
# Prevent access to the Contao template files
##
<FilesMatch "\.(tpl|html5|xhtml)$">
  <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
  </IfModule>
  <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
    Require all denied
  </IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

##
# Allow access from all domains for webfonts
# @see https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
##
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  <FilesMatch "\.(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff2?|font\.css)$">
    Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

##
# Disable ETags
# @see http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
##
FileETag None
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header unset ETag
</IfModule>

##
# Set the proper MIME types
# @see https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
##
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
  AddType application/javascript              js jsonp
  AddType application/json                    json
  AddType audio/ogg                           oga ogg
  AddType audio/mp4                           m4a f4a f4b
  AddType video/ogg                           ogv
  AddType video/mp4                           mp4 m4v f4v f4p
  AddType video/webm                          webm
  AddType video/x-flv                         flv
  AddType image/svg+xml                       svg svgz
  AddEncoding gzip                            svgz
  AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject       eot
  AddType application/x-font-ttf              ttf ttc
  AddType font/opentype                       otf
  AddType application/x-font-woff             woff woff2
  AddType image/x-icon                        ico
  AddType image/webp                          webp
  AddType text/cache-manifest                 appcache manifest
  AddType text/x-component                    htc
  AddType application/xml                     rss atom xml rdf
  AddType application/x-web-app-manifest+json webapp
  AddType text/x-vcard                        vcf
  AddType application/x-shockwave-flash       swf
</IfModule>

##
# Gzip compression
# @see https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
##
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  <IfModule mod_filter.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/css application/json
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml application/xml text/x-component
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml application/rss+xml application/atom+xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon image/svg+xml application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf font/opentype
  </IfModule>
</IfModule>

##
# Expires headers (for better cache control)
# @see https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive on

  ##
  # Productional website
  ##
  ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest           "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/html                     "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/xml                      "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/xml               "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/json              "access plus 0 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/rss+xml           "access plus 1 hour"
  ExpiresByType application/atom+xml          "access plus 1 hour"
  ExpiresByType image/gif                     "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/png                     "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg                    "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon                  "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType video/ogg                     "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType audio/ogg                     "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType video/mp4                     "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType video/webm                    "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/x-component              "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf        "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType font/opentype                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff       "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                 "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/css                      "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript        "access plus 1 year"

  ##
  # Disable caching during development
  # @see https://github.com/contao/core/issues/4364
  ##
  #ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest           "access"
  #ExpiresByType text/html                     "access"
  #ExpiresByType text/xml                      "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/xml               "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/json              "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/rss+xml           "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/atom+xml          "access"
  #ExpiresByType image/gif                     "access"
  #ExpiresByType image/png                     "access"
  #ExpiresByType image/jpeg                    "access"
  #ExpiresByType image/x-icon                  "access"
  #ExpiresByType video/ogg                     "access"
  #ExpiresByType audio/ogg                     "access"
  #ExpiresByType video/mp4                     "access"
  #ExpiresByType video/webm                    "access"
  #ExpiresByType text/x-component              "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf        "access"
  #ExpiresByType font/opentype                 "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff       "access"
  #ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                 "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access"
  #ExpiresByType text/css                      "access"
  #ExpiresByType application/javascript        "access"

</IfModule>

##
# Header adjustments
##
<IfModule mod_headers.c>

  ##
  # Disable caching during development
  # @see https://github.com/contao/core/issues/4364
  ##
  #Header unset Cache-Control
  #Header append Cache-Control must-revalidate

  ##
  # Do not cache the cron.txt file
  # @see https://github.com/contao/core/issues/5105
  ##
  <FilesMatch "cron\.txt$">
    Header set Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"
  </FilesMatch>

  ##
  # Add a Vary Accept-Encoding header for the compressed resources. If you
  # modify the file types above, make sure to change them here accordingly.
  # @see http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip
  #
  # Note: If you are using a case-sensitive file system like HFS+ or ext4, you
  # have to change the <FilesMatch> directive as follows:
  #
  # <FilesMatch "\.(?i:js|css|xml|gz|svgz)$">
  #
  # For more information see: https://github.com/contao/core/issues/4364
  ##
  <FilesMatch "\.(js|css|xml|gz|svgz)$">
    Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
  </FilesMatch>

</IfModule>

##
# Disable MultiViews if you are having issues with requests returning the wrong
# page. Requires AllowOverride Options=All,MultiViews to be set here.
# @see https://github.com/contao/core/issues/3521
##
#Options -MultiViews

##
# URL rewriting
##
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On

  ##
  # Change the RewriteBase if your Contao installation is in a subdirectoy and
  # the rewrite rules are not working properly. Usage examples:
  #
  #   RewriteBase /contao-3.0.0
  #   RewriteBase /path/to/contao
  #
  # Depending on your server, you might have to remove the line entirely.
  ##
  RewriteBase /

  ##
  # Uncomment the following lines to add "www." to the domain:
  #
  #   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
  #   RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
  #
  # Uncomment the following lines to remove "www." from the domain:
  #
  #   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
  #   RewriteRule (.*) http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
  #
  # Make sure to replace "example.com" with your domain name.
  ##

  ##
  # If you cannot use mod_deflate, uncomment the following lines to load a
  # compressed .gz version of the aggregated Contao JavaScript and CSS files.
  ##
  #AddEncoding gzip .gz
  #<FilesMatch "\.js\.gz$">
  #  AddType "application/javascript" .gz
  #</FilesMatch>
  #<FilesMatch "\.css\.gz$">
  #  AddType "text/css" .gz
  #</FilesMatch>
  #RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
  #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(js|css)$
  #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.gz -f
  #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.gz [QSA,L]

  ##
  # By default, Contao adds ".html" to the generated URLs to simulate static
  # HTML documents. If you change the URL suffix in the back end settings, make
  # sure to change it here accordingly!
  #
  #   RewriteRule .*\.html$ index.php [L]   # URL suffix .html
  #   RewriteRule .*\.txt$ index.php [L]    # URL suffix .txt
  #   RewriteRule .*\.json$ index.php [L]   # URL suffix .json
  #
  # If you do not want to use an URL suffix at all, you have to add a third
  # line to prevent URLs that point to folders from being rewritten (see #4031).
  #
  #   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  #   RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
  #
  # If you are using mod_cache, it is recommended to use the RewriteRule below,
  # which adds the query string to the internal URL:
  #
  #   RewriteRule (.*\.html)$ index.php/$1 [L]
  #
  # Note that not all environments support mod_rewrite and mod_cache.
  ##
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(htm|php|js|css|map|htc|png|gif|jpe?g|ico|xml|csv|txt|swf|flv|mp4|webm|ogv|mp3|ogg|oga|eot|otf|tt[cf]|woff2?|svgz?|pdf|zip|gz)$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

  ##
  # The following rules are required if you want to pass the language as first
  # URL parameter (added in Contao 2.11). The first rule rewrites the empty URL
  # to the front end controller, the second one adds a missing trailing slash.
  ##
  RewriteRule ^[a-z]{2}(\-[A-Z]{2})?/$ index.php [L]
  RewriteRule ^([a-z]{2}(\-[A-Z]{2})?)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

</IfModule>

These are the particular changes (lines 262 - 265):

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(htm|php|js|css|map|htc|png|gif|jpe?g|ico|xml|csv|txt|swf|flv|mp4|webm|ogv|mp3|ogg|oga|eot|otf|tt[cf]|woff2?|svgz?|pdf|zip|gz)$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

[tetrijeb]

This does not seem to be the original .htaccess from Contao. You should restore the .htaccess.default file from Contao and then make the according URL suffix changes as described within the .htaccess.default documentation:

Thanks, Spooky.

I did what you've suggested, and now it's working flawlessly.