Question

I have enabled mod_rewrite and am using a .htaccess file to pass all requests through index.php.

If I visit the URL’s

http://localhost/mysite

http://localhost/mysite/abc

the page loads once.

However, if I add extra parts to the path, the page loads three times and my css files dont get included:

http://localhost/mysite/abc/xyz

http://localhost/mysite/abc/xyz/ttt

etc…

All cause the page to load three times. I can see this as I have a breakpoint set in index.php in Eclipse.

Here is my .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  # Block access to "hidden" directories whose names begin with a period. 
  # Files whose names begin with a period are protected by the FilesMatch directive
  # above.
  RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F]

  # Pass all requests not referring directly to files in the filesystem to
  # index.php. Clean URLs are handled in drupal_environment_initialize().
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Any ideas why the page is getting loaded multiple times and the css is missing?

Answer 1

I believe RewriteRule ^ index.php is the problem because of the space.

try this instead:

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

RewriteRule pattern substitution flags
pattern: Is requested file index.php
substitution: none (- means do not replace)
flag: L – last (don’t do any more)

Condition1: if the requested file does not exist

Condition2: If the requested file is not a directory

Apply next re-write rule
RewriteRule pattern substitution flags
pattern: anything
substitution: /index.php
flag: L – last (dont do any more)
IE jump to /index.php

so in summary:
If file requested is index.php OK (and stop processing any more rules)
otherwise
If file exists do it
If file is a directory go into that directory
otherwise
jump to index.php in root web directory