Tips for Twits

Pretty URLs on IIS is possible. Not so much to make it pretty but to make it convenient when testing your system. Its really simple too!

RewriteRule ^/firingrange/(images|css|files|js)(.*)$ /firingrange/webroot/$1$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/firingrange/$ /firingrange/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^/firingrange/index.php$ /firingrange/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^/firingrange/index.php?(.*)$ /firingrange/index.php?$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/firingrange/(\w+).php$ /firingrange/webroot/($1).php [L]
RewriteRule ^/firingrange/(.+)\?(.*)$ /firingrange/index.php?$1&$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/firingrange/(.*)$ /firingrange/index.php?$1 [L]

I cant remember the last time i got mod_rewrite to just work. I think i know regex, i think i know how http request works, i think i know some mod_rewrite. I try. For sure it breaks. This is undeniable proof that good things ONLY come to those who sweat and strain their necks…

The following is my mod_rewrite ruleset for codeigniter

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (index\.php|webroot/|images/|css/|js/|robots\.txt|favicon\.ico)
RewriteRule ^(images|css|files|js)/(.*)$ webroot/$1/$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(favicon\.ico)$ webroot/$1 [L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

I threw all my static files into webroot folder so that you can access the site via http://t.wits.g/images/myimage.jpg easily. Same goes for css and js.
So now you can access your controllers through the preferred pretty url: http://t.wits.sg/welcome
I’ll go hack the router.php file someday when i’m free enough so that it can accept GET requests too.