Question

I’m using a host that will only allow PHP files to be located in a subdir called /cgi/

But now all my links are /cgi/..

Excuse my daftness, but can I write a rewrite in my .htaccess file to make the site think that /cgi/ is the root so that all my links and the site itself appears to be in the root?

This is what I have but its causing a 500 error :

# Turn on rewrites.
RewriteEngine on

# Only apply to URLs on this domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?thegrancenturions.com$

# Only apply to URLs that aren't already under folder.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi/

# Don't apply to URLs that go to existing files or folders.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite all those to insert /folder.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi/$1

# Also redirect the root folder.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?thegrancenturions.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ cgi/index.php [L]

Answer 1

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+?)$ cgi/$1 [QSA,L]

I’ve not tested it, but something similar to this ought to work. You may also need to add a RewriteCond which checks that incoming requests are not for /cgi/..