Redirect all URL calls to a particular php file

Question

Any http request (e.g. to pdf) should be redirected to validate.php so if you call an URL (e.g. http:...../whatever/whatever/1.pdf), htaccess should execute validate.php instead.

I went through many examples on web and stackoveflow, no luck yet. Since most work fine for many people, I guess there must be something wrong with my server.

How can I solve this issue?

Thanks

Note: htaccess and validate.php files are stored in the root.

And many more.

When the answer to your question is the first question that you have linked, I'd like to tell you that searching is not enough. You also need to read what is written in the results. — feeela, Nov 14 '13 at 16:22
@feeela - How do you know I didn't read! Take that -1 please. Do you think I would risk my server without reading and just doing copy+paste. — BentCoder, Nov 14 '13 at 16:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:20

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put this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule \.pdf$ /validate.php [L,NC]

answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:20

anubhava

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What URL did you use to test this? Make sure this is your first rule. – anubhava Nov 14 '13 at 16:33
That should work. Make sure this is first URL. Also can you post your .htaccess in your question? – anubhava Nov 14 '13 at 16:42
There wasn't a `htaccess` file before! I just created one based on your and others' answers. – BentCoder Nov 14 '13 at 16:44
Is .htaccess enabled on your server? – anubhava Nov 14 '13 at 16:47
God bless you my friend. It wasn't and I'm not htaccess nor server admin guy. Enabled it and works perfectly fine. Thanks again. – BentCoder Nov 14 '13 at 16:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:21

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Add this to your .htaccess file, inside < IfModule mod_rewrite.c > section

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^ validate.php [L]

answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:21

vitorsdcs

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Giacomo1968 · Answer 3 · 2021-12-24T18:43:04.427

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The problem is you are mixing up Apache .htaccess redirects and authorization with your desired application level behavior. At least that is what I am assuming here based on the fact you want every request for a .pdf to go through a script called validate.php prior to accessing the .pdf.

When I say you are mixing things up, the logic to force validation like that should be in your validate.php or within the larger framework of your PHP application. That script should validate the user then—after setting a cookie or a session variable or whatever validation scheme you might have—the .pdf file is downloaded.

Which is all to say, this is not a simple question to answer in the way you describe.

edited Dec 24 '21 at 18:43

answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:22

Giacomo1968

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You're right. System was developed long time ago without any documentation and in a mess so everyone can access files without login in the system by just typing name of the file. That's my problem. I cannot rewrite whole system. – BentCoder Nov 14 '13 at 16:31
Well if that’s the case, I am unclear how anyone can solve this issue. There are other answers providing Apache redirect/rewrite options but I doubt that would solve anything. – Giacomo1968 Nov 14 '13 at 16:36

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:20

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That's all:

# Turn On RewriteEngine
RewriteEngine On
# Set RewriteBase 
RewriteBase /
# Redirect any http request to validate.php
RewriteRule . /validate.php [NC,L]

answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:20

Reeno

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:37

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RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ validate.php [L]

What about this?

answered Nov 14 '13 at 16:37

AdRock

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No, still able to see the pdf file. Didn't redirect! – BentCoder Nov 14 '13 at 16:38

Redirect all URL calls to a particular php file

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