Convert to lowercase in a mod_rewrite rule

Question

I would like URLs like server.com/foo to be case-insensitive. But server.com/foo actually gets mod_rewrite'd to server.com/somedir/foo

(Assume that all the files in "somedir" are lower case.)

So the question is, how to accomplish a mod_rewrite like the following:

RewriteRule  ^([^/]+)/?$  somedir/convert_to_lowercase($1)

PS: Here's a handy mod_rewrite cheat sheet -- http://dreev.es/modrewrite -- though it fails to answer this particular question.

PPS: Thanks to Bee and Ignacio for all the help with this. Also, here's a related question: RewriteMap activation

Answer 1

I would like URLs like server.com/foo to be case-insensitive. But server.com/foo actually gets mod_rewrite'd to server.com/somedir/foo

(Assume that all the files in "somedir" are lower case.)

So the question is, how to accomplish a mod_rewrite like the following:

RewriteRule  ^([^/]+)/?$  somedir/convert_to_lowercase($1)

PS: Here's a handy mod_rewrite cheat sheet -- http://dreev.es/modrewrite -- though it fails to answer this particular question.

PPS: Thanks to Bee and Ignacio for all the help with this. Also, here's a related question: RewriteMap activation

Answer 2

I would like URLs like server.com/foo to be case-insensitive. But server.com/foo actually gets mod_rewrite'd to server.com/somedir/foo

(Assume that all the files in "somedir" are lower case.)

So the question is, how to accomplish a mod_rewrite like the following:

RewriteRule  ^([^/]+)/?$  somedir/convert_to_lowercase($1)

PS: Here's a handy mod_rewrite cheat sheet -- http://dreev.es/modrewrite -- though it fails to answer this particular question.

PPS: Thanks to Bee and Ignacio for all the help with this. Also, here's a related question: RewriteMap activation

Answer 3

I would like URLs like server.com/foo to be case-insensitive. But server.com/foo actually gets mod_rewrite'd to server.com/somedir/foo

(Assume that all the files in "somedir" are lower case.)

So the question is, how to accomplish a mod_rewrite like the following:

RewriteRule  ^([^/]+)/?$  somedir/convert_to_lowercase($1)

PS: Here's a handy mod_rewrite cheat sheet -- http://dreev.es/modrewrite -- though it fails to answer this particular question.

PPS: Thanks to Bee and Ignacio for all the help with this. Also, here's a related question: RewriteMap activation