.htaccess redirect

[wheres me jumpa]

I am trying to redirect from a subdomain to a file using .htaccess. Its working but I dont want the redirect visible, i.e. I want the sub domain to remain as the url. i.e.:

User types casino.waffle.ie
Redirected to waffle.ie/casino.php
casino.waffle.ie remains in URL

Any help appreciated.

Heres the code that is currently visibly redirecting:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^casino.waffle.ie$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.casino.waffle.ie$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.waffle.ie/casino.php [R=301,L]

 

[daviddoran]

I think the R=301 is doing it because you are telling the browser/search-engine-spider that you've moved to /casino.php so clearly it needs to know the URL. I've always used either [L] or no flag at all.

 

[wheres me jumpa]

I tried with/without the L/301 and no joy.

 

[louie]

try creating the folder "casino" and add your content in there than use .htaccess to redirect to the right file.

 

[wheres me jumpa]

Its an awkward one because, ive created the casino subdomain, which creates a casino folder. However the casino plugin files are already located in a folder called casino.

Ive tried creating an Index file in this casino folder but Im getting errors in loading include files because the location is now changed.

So, I thought rather than work through the errors a redirect as above would do just the same.

 

[louie]

without knowing exactly how you do things is very hard to help so we are only trying to suggest things that might or might-not work.
I am using subfolders myself and haven't had any problems like yours.
Is the .htaccess file in this "casino" folder that you are talking about or in the root of the website?