Error Page Redirect

[anon20706563]

If someone tries to open a non-existent file, they’ll be redirected to the error page I have set up in cPanel.

How can I set the path to be forwarded through to the domain I’m using for my error pages?

[Greenreader9]

Not quite sure what you mean. Can you give an example?

[anon20706563]

It’s fairly simple. If someone visits files.rydercragie.com/blablablablabla they’ll be redirected to my error page, which is RyderCragie.com. How do I set it to forward them to RyderCragie.com/blablablablabla? (Or whatever they type.)

I’m guessing it can be done with .htaccess, but I don’t know how.

[wackyblackie]

I’d try this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f  
RewriteRule ^/?([a-z0-9]+)$ https://rydercragie.com/$1 [NC,L,R=404]

I did test this, it works. See wkbl.cf/rydercragie-com/randomstringthatdoesnotexist. The only file that does exist is index.html.

[anon20706563]

Just added it & I’ve left my error pages as they were. Not sure what half of this stuff is in my .htaccess file.

[wackyblackie]

Line 1: Display errors (such as PHP Errors)
Line 2: Defines Character encoding (Deprecated)
Line 3: Set the timezone (You set it to Europe/London)

Lines 4-8: Error Page Redirects (from your second screenshot)

Line 9: RewriteEngine is turned on

Lines 10-12: Redirect to HTTPS

Line 13: Check for HTTPS
Line 14: Check if the requested file does not exist
Line 15: Redirect to https://rydercragie.com/ (plus the pathname) with a 404 header.

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Personally, I think you can remove Line 13. You do not need to check for HTTPS to redirect a non-existent file, especially after you have redirected everything to HTTPS.

[anon20706563]

Okay but it’s not forwarding the path. Why?

[wackyblackie]

It’s not forwarding the path because ErrorDocument is defined before your custom code. You have two solutions: Remove ErrorDocument or move it to the end of the .htaccess.

[anon20706563]

I removed the error pages in cPanel and it got rid of them from the .htaccess file. But now it redirects to an InfinityFree error. Why?

[wackyblackie]

Which InfinityFree Error does it redirect to? I’m guessing 500.
Try removing line 8.

[anon20706563]

@wackyblackie

Which InfinityFree Error does it redirect to? I’m guessing 500.

404. Try it: https://files.rydercragie.com/test

@wackyblackie

Try removing line 8.

Will do.

[anon20706563]

Still won’t work.

[wackyblackie]

This might be because an ErrorDocument was defined in a parent directory. Try putting your ErrorDocument at the end of the .htaccess after all of your Rewrites.

I made a working example on my site: https://wkbl.cf/rydercragie-com/thispagedoesnotexist with this .htaccess code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f  
RewriteRule ^/?([a-z0-9]+)$ https://rydercragie.com/$1 [NC,L]

and this is the .htaccess code in the parent dir:

php_value display_errors On
php_value mbstring.http_input auto
php_value date.timezone America/New_York

Protocols h2 http/1.1

<FilesMatch ".txt">
Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

ErrorDocument 400 /http.php?n=400&t=Bad%20Request
ErrorDocument 401 /http.php?n=401&t=Unauthorized
ErrorDocument 403 /http.php?n=403&t=Forbidden
ErrorDocument 404 /http.php?n=404&t=Not%20Found
ErrorDocument 500 /http.php?n=500&t=Internal%20Server%20Error
ErrorDocument 503 /http.php?n=503&t=Service%20Unavailable

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.wkbl.cf [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wkbl.cf%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f  
RewriteRule ^/?([a-z0-9]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^/?([a-z0-9]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.htm -f
RewriteRule ^/?([a-z0-9]+)$ $1.htm [NC,L]

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; preload"
</IfModule>

Hope this helps your debugging.

[anon20706563]

Okay. I added the error pages back and moved them to the bottom. It’s still not working. Sorry if I’m misunderstanding.

(Not sure why the bottom box is empty. I definitely filled it in. Also, just for reference the /File404 path is just a redirect to my website homepage. I use it for tracking.)

[wackyblackie]

No, you aren’t misunderstanding. I’m confused along with you.
Right now, I can’t think of anything else to do.
There are no problems with the .htaccess code.
You could try removing ALL ErrorDocuments in /files.rydercragie.com/htdocs/.htaccess and /.htaccess and see what it does.
I am no .htaccess genie, but this should work.

[anon20706563]

Oh no. Now I’m getting server errors when I visit the domain.

[anon20706563]

Help!!! I’ve put it back to how it was but now it’s broken. What happened?!

[anon20706563]

Well this is brilliant.

[anon20706563]

Maybe I need to add line 8 back from before?

[wackyblackie]

Try that, but it was only checking for https.