From 9d48ee446b10e492b83448c3778b48729839b788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David King <imkingdavid@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:43:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [ticket/11215] Add commented-out URL rewrite capability to
 .htaccess

PHPBB3-11215
---
 phpBB/.htaccess              | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 phpBB/includes/functions.php |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/phpBB/.htaccess b/phpBB/.htaccess
index 474f9774c2..df17b17d7d 100644
--- a/phpBB/.htaccess
+++ b/phpBB/.htaccess
@@ -1,12 +1,34 @@
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+#
+# Uncomment the following line if you will be using any of the URL
+# rewriting below.
+#
+#RewriteEngine on
+
 #
 # Uncomment the statement below if you want to make use of
 # HTTP authentication and it does not already work.
 # This could be required if you are for example using PHP via Apache CGI.
 #
-#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-#RewriteEngine on
 #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
-#</IfModule>
+
+#
+# Uncomment the following 3 lines if you want to rewrite URLs passed through
+# the front controller to not use app.php in the actual URL. In other words,
+# a controller is by default accessed at /app.php/my/controller, but will then
+# be accessible at either /app.php/my/controller or just /my/controller
+#
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]
+
+#
+# If symbolic links are not already being followed,
+# uncomment the line below.
+# http://anothersysadmin.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/mod_rewrite-forbidden-403-with-apache-228/
+#
+#Options +FollowSymLinks
+</IfModule>
 
 <Files "config.php">
 Order Allow,Deny
@@ -16,4 +38,4 @@ Deny from All
 <Files "common.php">
 Order Allow,Deny
 Deny from All
-</Files>
+</Files>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index d85606944f..4d2d704a43 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -5747,6 +5747,14 @@ function phpbb_get_web_root_path(Request $symfony_request, $phpbb_root_path = ''
 	}
 
 	$corrections = substr_count($path_info, '/');
+
+	// When URL Rewriting is enabled, app.php is optional. We have to
+	// correct for it not being there
+	if (strpos($symfony_request->getRequestUri(), $symfony_request->getScriptName()) === false)
+	{
+		$corrections -= 1;
+	}
+
 	$path = $phpbb_root_path . str_repeat('../', $corrections);
 	return $path;
 }