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Apache docs say: "*Notice:* If your webserver's URLs are *not* directly related to physical file paths, you have to use |RewriteBase| in every |.htaccess| files where you want to use |RewriteRule| directives." So probably not. I don't use .htaccess files that much myself. But I've run into similar annoying issues in apache.conf files too. Andrew Nagy wrote: > You probably could if you get real tricky with the regex code - but I would > say probably not. rewrite takes the entire url into consideration - so you > need to denote where to start with the rewrite base. > > I use this for vufind: > RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.+)$ index.php?module=$1&action=$2 [L,QSA] > > Which allows you to map: > vufind.library.edu/Search/Results > to: > vufind.library.edu/index.php?module=Search&action=Results > > So with that - you could capture all of the "directories" in the URL and > just remove anything that doesn't look familiar. But that is very hackish > since it could easily break and make it very difficult for someone to debug. > > Andrew > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Godmar Back <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Peter Kiraly <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >>> From: "Godmar Back" <[log in to unmask]> >>> >>> >>>> is it possible to write this without hardwiring the RewriteBase in it? >>>> >> So >> >>>> that it can be used, for instance, in an .htaccess file from within any >>>> /path? >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, you can put it into a .htaccess file, and the URL rewrite will >>> apply on that directory only. >>> >>> >> You misunderstood the question; let me rephrase it: >> >> Can I write a .htaccess file without specifying the path where the script >> will be located in RewriteBase? >> For instance, consider >> >> http://code.google.com/p/tictoclookup/source/browse/trunk/standalone/.htaccess >> Here, anybody who wishes to use this code has to adapt the .htaccess file >> to >> their path and change the "RewriteBase" entry. >> >> Is it possible to write a .htaccess file that works *no matter* where it is >> located, entirely based on where it is located relative to the Apache root >> or an Apache directory? >> >> - Godmar >> >> > >