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From Koset

Q: Has anyone found a way to implement a wiki with MediaWiki on Godaddy Linux hosting with a clean URL? I am attempting to use version 1.9.1.

Note, I am aware of the php5 problem on GoDaddy. The file extension of "php5" is required to use php v.5. Using "php" will invoke php v.4.

I have done extensive research and have not been able to achieve anything but a blank page. This configuration works for me on my own dedicated box on MediaWiki 1.7.1.

Any help is greatly appreciated. contact.koset@gmail.com

.htaccess

Options FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule   ^/wiki$  / [L]

LocalSettings.php

$wgScriptPath       = "";
$wgScript           = "$wgScriptPath/index.php";
$wgRedirectScript   = "$wgScriptPath/redirect.php";
$wgArticlePath      = "$wgScriptPath/$1";

PHP 5

In order to take advantage of php v.5, you have to use the file extension .php5. Just plain .php invokes php v.4. Blech. These apache .htaccess directives override that. Sheesh, why should users of the new and current software have to bend over backwards?

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4

See this note from GoDaddy, note that the ".htaccess cache" is only cleared once an hour! No wonder changes don't seem to take effect.