Manual talk:Short URL/wiki/Page title -- No hidden subdirectory, no root access

No input file specified
i get error - "No input file specified." where the main page should be. php 5.2.5 --Emesee 04:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * hmm, actually i've got the same --Redsunrising 02:22, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I think there may be some sever configuration-specific issues. Another MediaWiki user with whom I share notes tried my method and found that it worked for him when setting $wgUsePathInfo = true instead of false.  You might try this and see if it resolves the issue.  --(original author of the method)66.250.7.162 18:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Works with regular pages, but not with pages that have Colon in the name
After adding this to my wiki it works, except for pages that include colon in the name. So all pages like Special:xxxx or Category:xxx do not work. Can anyone help me to fix the rewrite for this. or is there a better solution? --TurboKanne 09:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Works for me
Special pages with colons are working fine for me - could be something that's changed in a newer version (?) I'm using MediaWiki 1.14 and special URLs are working OK. (2009-06-06)

Try adding the index.php back into your URL for these special pages. i.e.: http://domain.com/index.php/Special:UserRights   <-- this should still work  (?)

Redirect loop detected!
I edited LocalSettings.php to change:

$wgUsePathInfo = false; => $wgUsePathInfo = true;

Now I can surf, but editing a page always edits Index.php

I solve it using the same method. what do you mean by "Now I can surf, but editing a page always edits Index.php"?

I also solved it by switching the $wgUsePathInfo to TRUE, not false. This should be updated.

MediaWiki 1.14 the latest wiki.
I did this method on the latest MediaWiki. When unregistered or registered newbie clicks on a link that is not edited it redirects to some random page called megaclick. How do I resolve that. Sachein 06:49, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

If I had to guess, I'd say "megaclick" has vandalized your wiki. User: MatthewJenkins 06 June 2009

thank you author
Thanks for adding this guide. This helped me get shortURLs running in about 8 seconds.

Agreed!! Seems to work okay with colons and plus signs and just about everything I throw at it. -Another person.