Redirect rule case insensitive

Question

I have URL rewrite rule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sites/
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*)$ sites/$1/$2 [NC,L]

When this URL is called: http://example.com/suyash

It internally calls http://example.com/sites/suyash but keeps the URL as http://example.com/suyash only. Please note that the folder sites/suyash actually exists

The issue I am facing is that when I call a URL: http://example.com/Suyash (Uppercase) it shows a 404 error.

When I use the mod_speling module and add the following to the code:

CheckSpelling On

and now when I call http://example.com/Suyash it changes the URL to http://example.com/sites/suyash

How do I get it to only change URL from http://example.com/Suyash to http://example.com/suyash?

it happens as soon as i add CheckSpelling on and hit the url with wrong case — Suyash, Sep 07 '14 at 13:49
it is possible that since the folder sites/suyash exists and not sites/Suyash the CheckSpelling on code redirects the url\ — Suyash, Sep 07 '14 at 13:52
but the code: RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*)$ sites/$1/$2 [NC,L] only rewrites the url normally — Suyash, Sep 07 '14 at 14:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '14 at 16:36

mod_speling will redirect the browser in order to fix spelling, there's no way to avoid this. The only thing I can think of is to try proxying the request internally by using the P flag. You'll need to make sure you have mod_proxy loaded. I haven't tested this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sites/
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*)$ sites/$1/$2 [NC,L,P]

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '14 at 10:11

I would say keep CheckSpelling off.

And then have your rule like this:

CheckSpelling Off
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$0 -f [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$0 -d [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sites/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*)$ sites/$1/$2 [L]

Redirect rule case insensitive

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