Can I rewrite url only internally and not change the url in the address bar?

Question

I am currently using

RewriteRule ^(.*)wordpress(.*) $1wp-oct/live$2

to remap my test install at www/wp-oct/live/ to http://localhost/wordpress/

And it does the job but it also changes the url in the addressbar as http://localhost/wp-oct/live

Is there a way to keep the url in the addressbar http://localhost/wordpress/

Answer 1

You might like to use mod_proxy for this instead of rewriting:

<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
  ProxyRequests Off

  <proxy *>
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all
  </proxy>

  ProxyPass /wordpress http://localhost/wp-oct/live
  ProxyPassReverse /wordpress http://localhost/wp-oct/live
</IfModule>