double page load with mod_rewrite

[pushpinderbagga]

hello... I am currently facing an issue here...

the pages on my site whose url's are re written with mod_rewrite tend to load two times each times that page is requested...

I am using firefox and this is the website

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http://www DOT okidda DOT com


please help... this might be hurting my SEO by giving the search engine double pages for single link

[pushpinderbagga]

I have the below code in my htaccess... is this the cause of the problem mentioned ?

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]


what does the above code actually do ?

[richardk]

what does the above code actually do ?

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

redirects example.com/index.php and www.example.com/index.php to www.example.com.

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

redirects example.com/* to www.example.com/*.

They should not cause this problem. Do you have more mod_rewrite?

[pushpinderbagga]

hi richardk ... below pasted is my htaccess file... please tell me if there is any mistake that I am doing

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# Set up mod_rewrite
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^.+(/images/.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^.+(/thumb/.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^.+(/pictures/.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^.+(/js/.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^.+(/files/.+)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^.+(/css/.+)$ $1 [L]

RewriteRule ^login/?$ login.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^submit/?$ submit.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^approve/?$ approve.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^redirect/?$ redirect.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^admin/commentsRej/?$ commentsRej.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^admin/comments/?$ comments.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^sitemap\.html$ sitemapHTML.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^faq/?$ faq.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^policy/?$ policy.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^about/?$ about.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^all/latest/?$ latest.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^contact/?$ contact.php [NC]

RewriteRule ^page([0-9]+)$ index.php?page=$1[NC]
RewriteRule ^page([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1[L,NC]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ category.php?category=$1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ category.php?category=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ user.php?user=$1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ user.php?user=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.html$ story.php?id=$2 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^tag/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ tag.php?tag=$1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^tag/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ tag.php?tag=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^rss/category/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.xml$ categoryRss.php?category=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^example.xml$ rss.php [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^rss/user/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.xml$ userRss.php?user=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/page([0-9]+)$ category.php?category=$1&page=$2[NC]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/page([0-9]+)/?$ category.php?category=$1&page=$2[L,NC]

RewriteRule ^all/latest/page([0-9]+)$ latest.php?page=$1[NC]
RewriteRule ^all/latest/page([0-9]+)/?$ latest.php?page=$1[L,NC]

RewriteRule ^admin/comments/page([0-9]+)$ comments.php?page=$1[NC]
RewriteRule ^admin/comments/page([0-9]+)/?$ comments.php?page=$1[L,NC]

RewriteRule ^admin/commentsRej/page([0-9]+)$ commentsRej.php?page=$1[NC]
RewriteRule ^admin/commentsRej/page([0-9]+)/?$ commentsRej.php?page=$1[L,NC]

RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/page([0-9]+)$ user.php?user=$1&page=$2[NC]
RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/page([0-9]+)/?$ user.php?user=$1&page=$2[L,NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} .*jpg$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !google\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !search\?q=cache [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !live\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !yahoo\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !msn\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !bing\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !answers\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !blogger\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?example.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg)$ http://www.example.com/thumb_default.gif [R,L]


[pushpinderbagga]

if you see there

the category tag and story page are giving a double reload
if you use firefox and open my website http://www DOT example DOT com browse through story pages and you will notive that the pages are pinged once the link is clicked and then again the load on to the same page

it happens for the category page story page and the tag page

[pushpinderbagga]

also

my javascript file is not working on the page given below

http://www.example.com/movies/123/storytitle.html

its story.php?id=911 where it works but not on the rewritten url which was done as below

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RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)\.html$ story.php?id=$2 [L]

I have put a base href and also added the below code in my htaccess file

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RewriteRule ^.+(/js/.+)$ $1 [L]

no matter how I put the js file reference in my story.php code its doesnt work... amazingly the css files are picked up also the images etc... its jus this js file that is giving an error...

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<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/functions.js"></script>


[richardk]

below pasted is my htaccess file... please tell me if there is any mistake that I am doing

You are missing a few spaces before the flags.
You do not need two rules if your have /?, it means an optional slash.
You should use the L flag when a rule matches and needs no further mod_rewrite processing.
You can combine many of the rules.

None of that should cause this problem, though.

Try

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Options All
# Disable Directory Browsing
Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes

# Set up mod_rewrite
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(http://(www\.)?example.com/.*)?$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !search\?q=cache [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !(answers|bing|blogger|google|live|msn|yahoo)\. [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg)$ http://www.example.com/thumb_default.gif [R,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(example\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^.+(/(css|files|images|js|pictures|thumb)/.+)$ $1 [L]

RewriteRule ^(about|approve|contact|faq|login|policy|redirect|submit)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^admin/comments(Rej)?/?$ /comments$1.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^sitemap\.html$ /sitemapHTML.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^all/latest/?$ /latest.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^page([0-9]+)/?$ /index.php?page=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-z0-9_]+)/?$ /category.php?category=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^user/([-a-z0-9_]+)/?$ /user.php?user=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^[-a-z0-9_]+/([0-9]+)/[-a-z0-9_]+\.html$ /story.php?id=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^tag/([-a-z0-9_]+)/?$ /tag.php?tag=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^rss/category/([-a-z0-9_]+)\.xml$ /categoryRss.php?category=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^example\.xml$ /rss.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^rss/user/([-a-z0-9_]+)\.xml$ /userRss.php?user=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-z0-9_]+)/page([0-9]+)/?$ /category.php?category=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^all/latest/page([0-9]+)/?$ /latest.php?page=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^admin/comments(Rej)?/page([0-9]+)/?$ /comments$1.php?page=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^user/([-a-z0-9_]+)/page([0-9]+)/?$ /user.php?user=$1&page=$2 [NC,L]

the category tag and story page are giving a double reload
if you use firefox and open my website http://www DOT example DOT com browse through story pages and you will notive that the pages are pinged once the link is clicked and then again the load on to the same page

it happens for the category page story page and the tag page

I see the problem, but i'm not sure mod_rewrite is the cause. Does this happen in any other browser?

my javascript file is not working on the page given below

It seems to work fine for me. Relative paths is not the problem, as /js/functions.js is only relative to the domain, not the browser URL.

[pushpinderbagga]

@ richardk ... many thanks.

everything is working fine with the code you supplied... cheers !

I was wondering about if we have to put and end tag to the below code ?

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<filesmatch "\.(jpg|gif|png|css|js)$">

also weather the below redirect is a Permanent, Temp or Seeother

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RewriteRule ^(about|approve|contact|faq|login|policy|redirect|submit)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]

as in... should'nt it be written as

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RewriteRule Permanent ^(about|approve|contact|faq|login|policy|redirect|submit)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]

pardon me if I am asking silly questions

[richardk]

everything is working fine with the code you supplied... cheers !

It still seems to double load for me.

I was wondering about if we have to put and end tag to the below code ?

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<filesmatch "\.(jpg|gif|png|css|js)$">

Yes, it's like XML.

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<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|gif|png|css|js)$">
  # Do stuff to css, image and JavaScript files.
</FilesMatch>

also weather the below redirect is a Permanent, Temp or Seeother

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RewriteRule ^(about|approve|contact|faq|login|policy|redirect|submit)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]

It's none. The processing happens inside Apache (an internal "rewrite"), the browser knows nothing about it.

as in... should'nt it be written as

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RewriteRule Permanent ^(about|approve|contact|faq|login|policy|redirect|submit)/?$ /$1.php [NC,L]

Don't confuse mod_rewrite and mod_alias (Redirect permanent). In mod_rewrite redirects have the R flag (R=301 for permanent), for example

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(example\.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

and the address bar of the browser changes from example.com to www.example.com.

[pushpinderbagga]

It still seems to double load for me.

richardk... I know I am loosing SEO for this double load for me... any clue why its happening...

surely you can try

example.com/story.php?id=123

instead of

example.com/photos/123/storytitle.html

SURPRISINGLY BOTH GIVE A DOUBLE RELOAD