htaccess RewriteRule redirecting to parent directory?

Question

I cant understand how to redirect to the parent directory in this case: I have a root directory with .htaccess file, where rewriteEngine is on. In this directory I have a fi

Answer 1

You can't rewrite to paths that are outside your document root for security reasons. In fact this should be avoided because it is not a good practice.

Anyway, to answer your question, a workaround might be creating a symlink in your document root that points to the target/parent directory, but you should protect it from direct accesses.

Let me do an example. Assume that our document root is /var/www/project1 and that you want to rewrite on /var/www/project2/target.php

Then, you have to create a symlink inside /var/www/project1 that points to /var/www/project2 named (for example) p2.

This should be your /var/www/project1/.htaccess file:

    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /hello/world
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ p2/target.php [QSA,L] # p2 is the symlink name!