RewriteRule for exact folder name with htaccess

Question

Please help me on the RewriteRule below. I want to show the v3.php file for https://example.org/signup.

# Turn Rewrite Engine On
RewriteEngine on

# Rewrite for signup
RewriteRule ^signup v3.php [NC,L]

Works. But all other requests after /signup like /signups or https://example.org/signup/example/whatever show the v3.php as well. I need that RewriteRule only for that exact folder name.

Thanks for your help!

anchor it: `RewriteRule ^signup/?$ v3.php [NC,L]` – anubhava Jan 12 '23 at 17:35 — anubhava, Jan 12 '23 at 17:35
I anchored it. Thank you, @anubhava – Robin Alexander Jan 12 '23 at 17:39 — Robin Alexander, Jan 12 '23 at 17:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '23 at 17:40

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RewriteRule ^signup/?$ v3.php [NC,L]

Thank you, @anubhava

answered Jan 12 '23 at 17:40

Robin Alexander

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But why allow an optional trailing slash (ie. `/?`)? That potentially creates a [duplicate content issue](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75093583/add-trailing-slash-at-dynamic-htaccess) since both `/signup` and `/signup/` (2 different URLs) return the same response (a smaller problem than the one you were trying to solve initially). If you wish both URLs to be accessible then you should redirect one to the other (the "canonical" URL) - this would be handled by a separate rule. – MrWhite Jan 12 '23 at 17:49

RewriteRule for exact folder name with htaccess

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