Although this article https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41441#c4 says that colon(:) will not work on apache for windows, I was able get it working.
No .htaccess file Added this to the bottom of my VirtualHost Alias /wiki D:/Data/htdocs/wiki/index.php </VirtualHost> And this to the bottom of Local settings $wgScriptPath = ""; $wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1"; $wgArticleURL = $wgServer."/wiki"; $wgScriptExtension = ".php"; $wgUsePathInfo = true; -----Original Message----- From: MediaWiki-l <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Legault, Phillip [GTSUS] via MediaWiki-l Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 11:23 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [MediaWiki-l] mediawiki short web urls WARNING: This email originated from outside the company. Do not click on links unless you recognize the sender and have confidence the content is safe. If you have concerns about this email, send it as an attachment to ‘[email protected]’. Running xampp on windows Trying to get short urls to work. If I'm logged in I can get to the pages in the main namespace and get forbidden Error 403 in any other namespace LocalSettings.php $wgScriptPath = ""; $wgArticlePath = "/$1"; $wgUsePathInfo = true; .htaccess file RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*) /index.php/$1 [L] Looked at a lot of pages about mediawiki short urls and nothing works _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
