Question

I’ve just inherited a load of code that is set up to reside in a website root folder unfortunately named “tract”.

Many of the files within that folder contain references to the path mywebsite.com/tract.

I’d like to rename the folder to “login” – but I don’t want to go through miles of code and change every reference to “tract” to “login” – if I can help it.

I’d like to know if there’s a way, using .htaccess, for me to be able to make links to mywebsite.com/login (e.g., mywebsite.com/login/register.php), and for that address to appear in the browser, but to be ‘actually’ pointing to mywebsite.com/tract (e.g., mywebsite.com/tract/register.php).

Is this possible?

I’m on a shared server and I only have access to .htaccess, not to other configuration files.

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^login(/.*|)$ tract$1 [L,NC]