mod_rewrite: add trailing slash?

Question

I am using a .htaccess file to direct requests for a directory to a custom php file that provides info about that directory (and i want the url displayed by the browser to n

Answer 1

Did you mean

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [L]

instead?

I don't know about your approach. I would try something like

RewriteRule ^/(\S+)/?$ /myphp.php?url=$1

I've used this for rewriting before and it works:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com$1
RewriteRule ^/(\S+)/?$ /myphp.php?url=$1

Note that I didn't include the trailing slash in the first rule.

Also, I would advice you not to rely on .htaccess unless absolutely necessary. This is because the server will check for .htaccess files constantly. Using the httpd.conf file instead means apache will only load conditions and rules once. At least I was adviced to do so because of this.