[solved]change 404 to 200

[svhorsch]

Hey,

i tryed a lot, but i didn't found anyone else, who tried the same thing.

What i would like to change:
my idea is to change the 404 message, but not in the normal way, my apache should return the "index.php" file, he shouldn't send the 404 code, but the 200 code, so i can build a totally dynamic site, where all subpages are created with php and a big database.

example:

my directory
/test:
index.php
database_con.php

and now if i request the images.php page, the webserver should send the 200 code, with the url http:(....)/images.php but the file he should return, is the index.php camouflaged as the "images.php"

i hope you understood my idea / problem =)

in this moment:

my directory:
/test:
index.php
images.php
....
....
....


but in the images.php (and all the pages listed as "...") files there ist only this php-Code:"<?php include_once("index.php"); ?>"
it's working fine, but it is not exactly what i wanted to make.

[Altrea]

Do you want to rewrite ALL requests (like a Frontcontroller pattern) or just the files which cannot be found?

[svhorsch]

all of them

[Altrea]

I'm no mod_rewrite pro, but something like that should work

Code: Select all

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|gif|jpg|png|css)$ index.php [NC,L]

(stolen from an old Zend Framework Manual)

All requests exept .js, .ico, .gif, .jpg, .png and .css files will be rewritten to index.php
You can simply add or remove file extensions to the list.

You have to exclude static files otherwise your css or images in html code will not work anymore.

Maybe Nobbie the rewrite expert (to not say rewrite guru) does have a better idea.

[svhorsch]

hey altrea,

thank you for your fast and great answer. this is exactly what i wanted to make, my problem was that i always tried to change the 404 code =)

big thanks, now i can start with my totaly dynamic CMS

[Altrea]

You're welcome

i will close this thread and mark it as solved.