Subfolders in a REST API

Question

Let’s say I have a structure like this https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/, but in the folder v1.0 I have subfolders like data-model and constants.

Now let’s say I’m using mod rewrite, so all URLs that have the base URL https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/ get forwarded to https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/index.php.

Would this affect my PHP files contained in https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/data-model/ and https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/constants/?

For example, if in https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/index.php I try to add a file from https://domain.com/api/rest/v1.0/constants/ using require_once, would that cause some kind of redirect loop?

I’m not getting any output after the lines of code where I do the above, but am before. Similarly I’m not getting any errors/reloading of the page in the browser so am at a bit of a loss.

If this is the issue, does anyone have any pointers to a better REST file structure than just lumping all the files in the root folder?

Thanks

UPDATE

Here is my rewrite rule:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

    RewriteRule api/rest/v1.0/(.*)$ api/rest/v1.0/index.php?request=$1 [QSA,NC,L]

</IfModule>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '15 at 00:39

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No, neither your php files nor your directories are affected. mod_rewrite only rewrites URLs. That means that urls are only rewritten if accessed via http request (e.g. with a browser).

Probably your rewrite rules are wrong. Also check php log files for errors. What are your rules like?

answered Jan 03 '15 at 00:39

Guillermo

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I thought this too, but as there are no PHP errors included I can’t seem to find the problem. Any suggestions what might be wrong? – Adam Carter Jan 03 '15 at 00:40
Probably your rewrite rules are wrong. Which ones are they? – Guillermo Jan 03 '15 at 00:43
Sure, i’ll find the rules and update as soon as i can – Adam Carter Jan 03 '15 at 00:56
Try adding `RewriteBase /` after `RewriteEngine On`. See [how-does-rewritebase-work-in-htaccess](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/704102/how-does-rewritebase-work-in-htaccess) for more information. – Guillermo Jan 03 '15 at 01:02
Still no output after `require_once` – Adam Carter Jan 03 '15 at 01:09
Just added an echo at the top of the included file and it was output, there must be an error with the files being included. I’ll comb through each and reply – Adam Carter Jan 03 '15 at 01:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '15 at 02:10

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It turns out the solution was that my subdirectories weren’t properly added in require_once as my paths were relative. So instead of require_once 'folder/file.php' I changed my files so they now read require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/folder/file.php'

answered Jan 03 '15 at 02:10

Adam Carter

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