Your second rule is mostly abusing mod_rewrite - you shoul= d use FallbackResource instead, or just add a RewriteCond before the rule t= o prevent loops in the per directory context.

Frank

On Wed, De= c 31, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@gmail.com> = wrote:

Hey all,

=C2=A0OK = so I have a website that's entering a re-direct loop that prevents the = site from working.=C2=A0
<= br>
The site's default= behavior is to go from / to=C2=A0site/universalpictures. And from there it= enters the redirect loop and stops working.

He= re's the vhost for the site in question:

<VirtualHost *:80>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 DocumentR= oot /var/www/qa/launchpadnew/site
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Ser= verName=C2=A0la= unchpadnew.upqa.com
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ServerAlias= =C2=A0launchpad2.= upqa.com=C2=A0test-launchpad.upqa.com
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <= Directory /var/www/qa/launchpadnew/site>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks -MultiV= iews -Includes -ExecCGI
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 #Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews +Includes +Exe= cCGI
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Allo= wOverride All

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Order deny,allow
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Deny from all

=C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 AuthType Basic
= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 AuthName UPQA
=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 AuthUserFile /= var/www/qa/etc/http.passwd
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 AuthGroupFile /var/www/qa/launchpadnew/conf/groups
<= div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 require valid-u= ser
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 satis= fy any
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 </Directory>
&= lt;/VirtualHost>

From there the site encounters an .htacce= ss file that has the following in it:

php_= flag zlib.output_compression off

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off

AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .html

AddOutputFi= lter INCLUDES .htm

AddHandler cgi-script .pl

AddHandler php5-script php

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^new$ new_site.php [QSA,L]

RewriteRule ^site= /(.*)$ edit_site.php?site=3D$1 [QSA,L]

Th= e only errors I see in the logs are this one, repeating over and over again= :

[Wed Dec 31 11:43:06.174003 2014] [:error] [p= id 9053:tid 47022521411904] [client64.210.199.232:64956] PHP Notice: =C2=A0Undefined in= dex: action in /var/www/qa/launchpadnew/site/edit_site_ajax.php on line 43,= referer:http://launchpadnew.upqa.com/site/Firstsite

However I'm not sure if that pertains to the error I'm= experiencing.

<= div style=3D"font-size:12.7272720336914px">If it's of any use, line 43 = from that eror log starts at the switch statement in the following:

//echo "POST:".$_POST['action']= ;

switch ($_POST['action']) {

=C2=A0 case '= deployFiles':

I'd appreciate any advice you may have i= n correcting this problem!

Thanks,

Tim

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