.htaccess RewriteRule to path without changing URL

Question

So, I\'ve this problem:

1. Base Website located at http://example.com/
2. Second Website located at http://example.com/web2/

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^alternative-url-web2(/.*|)$ /web2$1 [L,NC]

Alternate code:

RewriteRule ^alternative-url-web2/?$ /web2/ [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^alternative-url-web2/(.+)$ /web2/$1 [L,NC]