.htaccess: Redirect without changing url

Question

I would like to have a URL be redirected to a different page on the same domain but without the browser changing the URL. So the page `www.mydomain.co.uk/tour/` should point towards `www.mydomain.co.uk/` but without changing. I have looked at a lot of similar questions on Stackoverflow but all the solutions seem to change the URL for me. CODE: ``` RewriteEngine On Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/tour RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.co.uk/ [L] ```

Accepted Answer

Because you provide a full URL in your rewrite rule it is automatically treated as a redirection. Replace the full URL with just a slash and it should work, i.e.:

```
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/tour
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ / [P] 
```

You can even shorten it down to:

```
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/?tour.* / [P]
```

.htaccess: Redirect without changing url

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