mod_rewrite rule for replacing string in URL

Question

I would like to replace a string from old URL:

http://www.homepage.com/projectname/public/ActionName.action

to

http://www.homepage.com/ActionName.action

or even

http://www.homepage.com/short

I got to this point (trying to it get shorten to http://www.homepage.com/ActionName.action )

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/projectname/public/(.*)$ http://www.homepage.com/$1 [R=301,L]

But I get a 404 error:

The requested resource (/projectnameActionName.action) is not available.

Answer 1

I think you're looking for an internal redirection.

So if you want to be able to put URL's like this in the browser:

http://www.homepage.com/ActionName.action

But show a page like this:

http://www.homepage.com/projectname/public/ActionName.action

Then use this code in your.htaccess.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+) http://www.homepage.com/projetname/public/$1 [NC,L]

Of course replace the domain name and folders to yours.