I’m having a hard time explaining this. Please let me know of any specific info that could make my question more clear.
How can I better separate two “flows” of conditions & rules for the desktop and mobile users.
The site has two versions full & mobile. The “full” site is served out of index.php and relies on jQuery to swap content (pages & subpages). The “full” site has an alternate, static page, view for Facebook and browsers w/out JS.
The mobile site is based on the content of the full site but is more limited in scope of content.
On a desktop browser (or when a cookie specifies) urls should deliver as:
(1) http://domain.com/#/resources/article --> http://domain.com/index.php#/resources/article
(2) http://domain.com/resources/article --> http://domain.com/static.php?page=resources&subpage=article
On a mobile browser (or when a cookie specifies) the same url should deliver as:
(3) http://domain.com/resources/article --> http://domain.com/m/resources/article
I haven’t been able to get the static rewrites (2) to work without breaking the mobile rewrites (3).
My rewrites used in .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Try to avoid loops
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule .* - [L]
#
# Check for mobile browsers
#
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*mobile.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} android|avantgo|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge\ |maemo|midp|mmp|opera\ m(ob|in)i|palm(\ os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows\ (ce|phone)|xda|xiino [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a\ wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r\ |s\ )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1\ u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp(\ i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-|\ |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac(\ |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt(\ |\/)|klon|kpt\ |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg(\ g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|e\-|e\/|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-|\ |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v\ )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v\ )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-|\ )|webc|whit|wi(g\ |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(\-|2|g)|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [CO=mobile:true]
#
# If we want the full/desktop site
#
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*mobile=false.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*mobile.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/([^/\.]+)?$ /static.php?page=$1&subpage=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule .* - [NC,L]
#
# If we want the mobile site
#
# Some misc redirects to better align with urls of full/desktop site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*mobile=true.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^our-services/?$ /services [R,NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.+financial-planning/?$ /financial-planning [R,NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*spotlight-1/?$ /john-doe [R,NC,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*mobile=true.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) m/$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l
RewriteRule .* - [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.php -s
RewriteRule .* - [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule (.*) $1.php [NC,L,QSA]
Thanks for the input.
There were two fundamental problems with the above code, (1) RewriteRules running without conditions, (2) the co= flag for RewriteRules was failing.
The following code works but is not likely the most concise solution.
I did end up changing my routing strategy from directly rewriting all mobile urls to using a php file for routing. This doesn’t change the core function of the rewrites and the code below is still relevant to the original question.
In order to have multiple RewriteRules execute based on the same RewriteCond you can either use the chain flag, see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html#flag_c , or you duplicate the RewriteCond for each desired RewriteRule.
Using a RewriteRule to set a cookie can, in my experience, be very finicky. While the Mod_Rewrite RewriteRule documentation, http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html#flag_co , says that the only required params are name and value, I had to set all params for any success. This may be something specific to my Apache configuration but I can’t determine that at this point.
Also, the RewriteRule C flag appears to only works when you attempt to modify the url.
For example
My final code.