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Hi,

i am using Codeigniter framework (www.codeigniter.com) to develop my php applications, but i'm in trouble with hiawatha.

By default, URLs in CodeIgniter are designed to be search-engine and human friendly. Rather than using the standard "query string" approach to URLs that is synonymous with dynamic systems, CodeIgniter uses a segment-based approach.

example.com/news/article/my_article

By default, the index.php file is included in URLs:

example.com/index.php/news/article/my_article

Hiawatha doesn't like this approach and return a 404 error page.

Some guy in the codeigniter forum suggest to append a ? after index.php in the url but it doesn't work.

I have also tried to set different options for the $config['uri_protocol'] directive in the config.php file (a config file of the framework):

'AUTO' Default - auto detects
'PATH_INFO' Uses the PATH_INFO
'QUERY_STRING' Uses the QUERY_STRING
'REQUEST_URI' Uses the REQUEST_URI
'ORIG_PATH_INFO' Uses the ORIG_PATH_INFO

but nothing to do.


I know, i can remove index.php using a .hiawatha file with URL toolkit but what if i want to preserve it.


Could you help me to solve this?


Cheers


Cristian

Could you please try the following configuration and let me know if that works?

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = codeigniter
    Match ^/index.php/.* Rewrite /index.php
    RequestURI exists Exit
    Match .* Rewrite /index.php
}

VirtualHost {
    ... your host config here ....
    UseToolkit = codeigniter
}

In config/config.php use this setting:

$config['uri_protocol'] = "REQUEST_URI";

Yes, it works!

It also seems to work with this setting:

$config['uri_protocol'] = "AUTO";

Thanks a lot.


Cristian

Is there a way to modify this UrlToolkit in order that only the domain without segment URIs is shown in the browser address bar?

Example:

before:
www.example.com/test/index.php/controller/

after:
www.example.com


Cheers


Cristian

The UrlToolkit can only be used to rewrite the URL entered in the URL bar in the browser to a new URL which is passed on to the webserver. It can't change the URL in the browser. It's very good it can't be changed, otherwise it would be a hell of a security bug. Just think of how people can be fooled. You think you visit www.mybank.com, but actually you are visiting www.fakebank.ru.

I don't want to change the URL in the address bar to a new URL.

Please, visit www.nierle.com

wherever you click you see only www.nierle.com in the address bar without URI segment. So an address like http://www.nierle.com/segment1/segment2/ become http://www.nierle.com


Cheers

Cristian

Ok, I understand. The trick they are using is not URL rewriting, but HTML frames. Just look at the source of the page. The FRAMESET tag is the trick. You are actually browsing inside a frame. Inside that frame, the URL has a URI segment, but the browser doesn't show.

Ok, thanks.

Cheers


Cristian

In my machine, the above setting works fine if I put codeigniter into root dir of my virtual host, but if I put codeigniter into subfolder, ie http://solie.dyne/codeigniter/, the main page shows as usual, but all links become 404. Can you help please?

Please, try this configuration and let me know if it works:

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = codeigniter
    Match ^/codeigniter/index.php/.* Rewrite /codeigniter/index.php
    RequestURI exists Exit
    Match .* Rewrite /codeigniter/index.php
}

Thanks, actually I just discover how to resolve this, all I need is just add EnablePathInfo = yes in virtualhost section, and codeignoter works as in lighttpd and cherokee.

Yes, the above code works, but I need to hardcode codeigniter folder then.

Again, thank you and sorry for asking before read the manual thoroughly

But how about to change

RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

from apache into hiawatha? that code convert index.php/input/register become input/register,

That would be

    Match ^/(index\.php|images|robots\.txt) Return
    Match (.*) Rewrite /index.php/$1

Thanks, sure I'll try that, later at home

the problem still the same, when i try to remove index.php from url ang press go,it goes to 404.

here is my config:

UrlToolkit {
ToolkitID = CI
Match ^/index.php/.* Rewrite /index.php
RequestURI exists Exit
Match (.*) Rewrite /index.php/$1

Please help me

You said your website is located in /codeigniter/. You have tried the rules for that I supplied earlier?

well, actually i'm not using your rule earlier (hardcode codeigniter folder in httpd.conf), becoz by adding EnablePathInfo the codeigniter works well, and by adding more rules, i think i can make index.php dissapear.
now, i think the conclusion is: by just adding EnablePathInfo i can't make index.php gone, except by adding codeigniter folder in the rules, is it right?
ok. so if i have 2 or more framework which are similar to codeigniter, i've to add the rules for each framework?
ls it possible in the same virtual host installing many different framework?

I'm quite busy at the moment. I need some time to try it out myself. I will give you an answer as soon as possible.

thank you Hugo

Maz:

It works great for me with the exact config Hugo has posted earlier in this thread. I don't need to specify index.php (I even HAVE to omit it, as it does not work with index.php for me, I get 404).

Let me know if I can be of any further help.
yassen

I've done some testing and have found the following configuration working:

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = codeigniter
    RequestURI exists Exit
    Match .* Rewrite /index.php
}

VirtualHost {
    Hostname = codeigniter.lan
    WebsiteRoot = /path/to/codeigniter
    StartFile = index.php
    ExecuteCGI = yes
    UseToolkit = codeigniter
}

set $config["uri_protocol"] to "REQUEST_URI" in system/application/config/config.php.



If you want multiple codeigniter installations in one virtual host, you must adjust your rewrite rules:

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = codeigniter
    RequestURI exists Exit
    Match /dir1/.* Rewrite /dir1/index.php
    Match /dir2/.* Rewrite /dir2/index.php
}

Thank you, the above config works for my two projects using codeigniter, though (sorry for repeating) we must explicitly write the DIR1 and DIR2 in main config file. So, can I just use these config for some specific directories, maybe via .hiawatha file so that these rules only applied into the respective directories ?

From hiawatha man page, I found that urlToolkit can't be applied per directory (didn't try yet). Currently, I use per virtual hosting config to handle some codeigniter or other framework (by aliasing IP). So, my point is how to appy urlToolkit into some specific directories, as I used and learn some frameworks for my projects.

Hiawatha's URL Toolkit itself is able to use directory specific configuration. You can use the 'Call' and 'Goto' statements for that.

Example:

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = CI_config_1
    ...
}

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = CI_config_2
    ...
}

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = codeigniter
    Match ^/dir1/.* Goto CI_config_1
    Match ^/dir2/.* Goto CI_config_2
}

Is this what you are looking for?

Well, the above example is so clear, but what if I put that in the .hiawatha file, so that I don't need to include "dir" for codeigniter in the main config file? just like .htaccess for clear.

Hiawatha's URL toolkit is more than just URL rewriting. It's sort of a 'program'. Before using it, Hiawatha sort of 'compiles' the toolkit rules. It therefore requires that all the 'routines' are present. If part of the toolkit program are in .hiawatha files, Hiawatha can't compile the complete toolkit program (missing routines which are located in .hiawatha files).

A second reason is that the regular expressions take time to compile. So if I put those in a .hiawatha file, I need to recompile them everytime a file from that directory is requested. Of course I can cache the .hiawatha file. But when that file is changed, I need to do some tricky stuff to unload those configuration rules and make sure no other thread is using it.

I decided to keep it simple (and therefor stable and secure) and not to allow toolkit rules in a .hiawatha file.

got it, thanks Hugo 4 your great explsnations