Created apache alias directory, but not working

Question

I have created an apache alias directory so that I can access the directory from outside the root folder with the same url...

The problem is that it refuse to work without a trailing slash. As an example if the site name is

• www.example.com/aa

error Cannot find server appears.

However if I enter

• www.example.com/aa/

it works.

Any Idea how to fix this issue?

Solution 1

Why Wamp Server doesn’t do this automatically, I’m not sure, but at least there’s a simple fix.

Click on the Wamp Server icon again and select Apache -> Alias directories -> [alias url] -> Edit alias. This will open the alias file in Notepad. Remove the trailing slash from the relative URL.

For Example

Alias /example/ "c:/path/to/example/"

Would become

Alias /example "c:/path/to/example/"

Save the file and close Notepad.

Wamp Server should restart automatically (if not, do it manually). Once it has restarted, you’re alias should now work with or without the trailing slash.

Solution 2

Add a mod rewrite rule:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /aa /aa/

Comments

[user1126720]

Thanks for the help, by the way I implemented the answer given by @Rajat Singhal..and it worked...:)

[hakre]

Okay, cool, good to know. Might need to check my htconf now ;)

[Cihad Turhan]

Oh god I can't believe that. I wasted 3 hours for nothing. Thanks mate.

[Daniel Marschall]

For some reason, this did not work for me :-( Calling localhost/example showed the directory listing, but if I click on a link, I will be redirected to localhost/link instead of localhost/example/link . Actually there should be a 301 redirect from /example to /example/