On 8/18/2012 11:30 AM, sebb wrote: > On 18 August 2012 15:55, Drew Tomlinson <d...@mykitchentable.net> wrote: >> I've been working at this for days and couldn't figure out why a mod_rewrite >> rule wasn't working. My situation was that I wanted to redirect this: >> >> http://domain.com/unique_directory/whatever >> >> to >> >> https://domain.com/unique_directory/whatever >> >> While not redirecting http://domain.com/other_directories/whatever >> >> After beating my head for a few days and realizing first attempts were >> creating a rewrite loop, I finally came up with this syntax: >> >> RewriteEngine On >> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off >> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/unique_directory\/ [NC] >> RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} >> >> Yet on the PC I had been using for testing, the redirects were still failing >> using both Firefox 14 and Internet Explorer 9. I had many tabs open in >> Firefox so I never closed and reopened it but I did close and reopen IE9. >> Attempts to load pages still timed out just like when I had the rewrite loop >> in place. >> >> Also, I had enabled the RewriteLog for debugging with RewriteLogLevel 9. I >> thought it odd that I would not see requests from my IP address hitting the >> rewrite log. >> >> Finally in desperation, I went to another PC and tested with the same >> browsers. Redirection worked just as I expected it to and I could see those >> in the rewrite log. >> > > An alternative would be to use a client that does not cache, for > example curl or wget. > >> So now I'm trying to understand how browsers cache information and what it >> takes to get them to forget that information. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Drew
Where Firefox is concerned, there's a plug-in that enables one to toggle the browser cache with a convenient toolbar icon: http://pau.santesmasses.net/cachetoggle/ This little tool is indispensable to any serious developer. (I am in no way affiliated with this plug-in; I'm just a satisfied user.) -Ben --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
