fix: corrected rewrite rules for IIS, closes #3600

Author: thorsten

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This is a log of major user-visible changes in each phpMyFAQ release.
 
 ### phpMyFAQ v4.0.11 - unreleased
 
+- re-added rewrite support for IIS (Thorsten, thanks to Todd Taylor)
 - fixed bugs (Thorsten)
 
 ### phpMyFAQ v4.0.10 - 2025-08-02

phpmyfaq/web.config

@@ -163,17 +163,24 @@
           <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php?action={R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />
         </rule>
 
-        <!-- Setup and update pages -->
-        <rule name="Setup" stopProcessing="true">
-          <match url="^setup/(.*)" />
+        <!-- Setup without trailing slash -->
+        <rule name="Setup Root" stopProcessing="true">
+          <match url="^setup$" />
           <action type="Rewrite" url="setup/index.php" appendQueryString="true" />
         </rule>
 
-        <rule name="Update" stopProcessing="true">
-          <match url="^update/(.*)" />
+        <!-- Update without trailing slash -->
+        <rule name="Update Root" stopProcessing="true">
+          <match url="^update$" />
           <action type="Rewrite" url="update/index.php" appendQueryString="true" />
         </rule>
 
+        <!-- Administration pages (not API) -->
+        <rule name="Admin Pages" stopProcessing="true">
+          <match url="^admin/(?!api/)(.*)$" />
+          <action type="Rewrite" url="admin/index.php" appendQueryString="true" />
+        </rule>
+
         <!-- Administration API -->
         <rule name="Admin API" stopProcessing="true">
           <match url="^admin/api/(.*)" />