htaccess rewrite rule to redirect domain to load from a folder without showing folder name in url

Question

I have the following rewrite rule for domain to load from a folder. The problem that I am having when I try to go to http://www.mydomainfolder.com/somerfolder then it redirect and shows "mydomainfolder" in the address ( http://www.mydomainfolder.com/mydomainfolder/somefolder/index.php ) but if add trailing slash ( http://www.mydomainfolder.com/somerfolder/ ) then it doesn't show the mydomainfodler in the address. What I am doing wrong here. Please help!!

       Options +FollowSymLinks

       RewriteEngine On


       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)?smydomain.com$
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mydomainfolder/
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /mydomainfolder/$1
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*)?mydomain.com$
       RewriteRule ^(/)?$ /mydomainfolder/$1/index.php [L]

Answer 1

Replace your rules with:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} mydomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ /mydomainfolder/index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} mydomain\.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mydomainfolder
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ /mydomainfolder/$1/ [L]