RewriteRule fails when Alias in Apache2

Question

So, I wanted to organise my projects for better developing. I chose using this way to organise folders & files:

www
 projects
 project1
 web
 design_tests
 project2
 web
 design_tests
...

The website of each project will go inside its "web" folder. I also wanted to access the web on the browser without putting the "web" folder name, so:

http://localhost/projects/project1
will access the physical files of:
/www/projects/project1/web

I accomplished that adding the next line to my /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file:

AliasMatch ^/projects/([^/]*)(/.*)? /www/projects/1ドル/web2ドル

Works perfectly. The problem is, in some websites, i have an .htaccess file with some RewriteRule rules. An example:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule styles\.css styles_20120107.css

They used to work without the alias and acessing normal. Now they don't. It redirects to the URL /project1/web/styles_20120107.css, and of course, the browser can't get it because of the Alias. I don't really know how to solve it. Can you give me some help about it please? If possible, doing modifications in the file /etc/apache2/sites-available/default, not on the .htaccess, because i want the websites to be cross-server.

Thanks in advance :)

• LazyOne: Add [PT] flag for such rewrite rule: httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html#flag_pt
• elxordi: Already tried it, no result. If it should work this way, why it isn't?
• LazyOne: The link I gave you has explanation.
• elxordi: So, i should rewrite to -? How? I'm sorry, my english is not the best :/
• LazyOne: This is the idea: RewriteRule styles\.css styles_20120107.css [PT] (assuming your rule is correctly working). I do not have (and never had) this kind of rewrite rule where incoming and outgoing file are in the same location. I have always had similar to what you see in that link, where new rewritten url has alias in it and it works just fine with PT flag. BTW -- instead of doing that alias thing -- better use rewrite rule to achieve the same -- in this case you should avoid this issue altogether

Answer 1

If adding [PT] flag does not work for you ... why not replace alias thing with rewrite rule to achieve the same -- in this case you should avoid this issue altogether.