XF 1.1 A controller for the route path showthread.php was not found

[AndyB]

I successfully upgraded to Xenforo from vB4.

If someone from another website clicks on a vB4 link to my site, it comes back with the following error message:

A controller for the route path showthread.php was not found

What setting in .htaccess do I need to enter so that it redirects properly? Here are a few bits of information to help with the answer:

1) I retained the thread and post id's in the conversion
2) I only use thread numbers in my URL on vB4 and xF.

Example of vB4 URL:

http://www.mywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1234

Example of xF URL that I would like .htaccess to redirect to:

http://www.mywebsite.com/forums/threads/1234/

 

[Jake Bunce]

A controller for the route path showthread.php was not found

Apparently XenForo is handling that request as a route. That's not right.

Confirm that the file exists at forums/showthread.php

And please post the contents of your .htaccess file in the forums directory.

Example of vB4 URL:

http://www.mywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1234

Example of xF URL that it needs to redirect to:

http://www.mywebsite.com/forums/threads/1234/

The ids are the same? In that case you don't actually need the showthread.php file to redirect. Add these lines to your .htaccess file:

#	Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#	cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#	SecFilterEngine Off
#	SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On

	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\?|^)t=([0-9]+)(&|$)
	RewriteRule ^showthread\.php$ /forums/threads/%2/ [R=301,L]

	#	If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
	#	line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
	#	of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
	#RewriteBase /xenforo

	#	This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
	#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
	RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
	RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
	RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

That should do it.

 

[AndyB]

Hi Jake,

I added the RewriteCond (shown in red) and it works perfect, well almost perfect. The trailing "?t=1234" should be removed.

Thank you kindly for your assistance.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Hi Jake,

The RewriteCond works perfect, well almost perfect. The trailing "?t=1234" should be removed.

Thank you kindly for your assistance.

Oh yeah, add an extra ? in the RewriteRule to eliminate the query string from the target:

#	Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#	cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#	SecFilterEngine Off
#	SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On

	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\?|^)t=([0-9]+)(&|$)
	RewriteRule ^showthread\.php$ /forums/threads/%2/? [R=301,L]

	#	If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
	#	line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
	#	of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
	#RewriteBase /xenforo

	#	This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
	#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
	RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
	RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
	RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[AndyB]

Jake, you're the best.