Configuration of redirects from Zend Framework

Question

Hi,
I have to use a PHP project which are develop based on Zend Framework. I use SJWS 7u4 and have to implement mod_rewrite rules form Zend Framework (stndard rules).
I have to make rewrite url from http://some-name/some-dir/some-dir2 into http://some-name/index.php/some-dir/some-dir2
Exactly mod_rewrite rules are:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
RewriteBase /
I tried to make some rules in obj.conf, but I have problem with Sun's rules (my rules make strange chain of redirects).
IS there anybody to help? Maybe soemone heve the same problem.
Irek

Answer 1

Unless I'm reading your rules wrong they seem to be saying:
If the requested URI exists and has size, OR
If the requested URI is a sym link, OR
If the requested URI is a directory, THEN
Serve the file as requested, OTHERWISE
Rewrite the URL (internally restart the request) as index.php
Do I have that right?
I'd probably do something like this:
<If not $internal
    and not -s $path > 0
    or not -l $path
    or not -d $path>
  AuthTrans fn="restart" uri="/index.php"
</if>This may be more complex than what you need though (it also might now actually work the way I think it does, I haven't tried it). What you appear to be doing is saying "if the URI points to a real resource, serve it otherwise process the request as though it was for index.php." This could probably be accomplished more easily with:
<If not $internal
    and not -U $path>
  AuthTrans fn="restart" uri="/index.php"
</if>This tells Web Server to skip the evaluation if the request has already been restarted AND if $path points to a real (and accessible) file on disk.
I just yesterday [wrote about a similar evaluation|http://jmccabe.org/drupal_and_web_server] in making Drupal work with Web Server. A couple of my other blog entries cover using the expression syntax for various tasks.
I also recommend bookmarking and re-reading often the [expression docs|http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2630/gdaer?a=view] . I find myself re-reading it constantly when playing with expressions.