How to exclude a specific file in htaccess

Question

I have written below code in htaccess

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_-]+).php$ http://www.domain.com/myfile.php?page=inc-$1.php [NC]

I don't want the index.php file to be rewritten - it should open normally.

Floern · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-03T19:42:48.783

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You could use the following code, to exclude all existing files (like index.php):

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_-]+).php$ http://www.domain.com/myfile.php?page=inc-$1.php [NC]

or to exclude only index.php you can use:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(.*/)?index\.php$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_-]+).php$ http://www.domain.com/myfile.php?page=inc-$1.php [NC]

edited Mar 03 '11 at 19:42

answered Mar 03 '11 at 19:23

Floern

You mean RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-index.php will allow to open index.php on regular way. right ? Thanks – Ajay_Kumar Mar 03 '11 at 19:30
No, `!-index.php` is not valid. `-f` means that the file exists and `!-f` means that the file doesn't exist. – Floern Mar 03 '11 at 19:41
I added another method you could use. – Floern Mar 03 '11 at 19:43

Leniency · Answer 2 · 2011-03-03T19:40:59.867

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I think this is what you're asking:

"I want to allow the index.php file to be served normally, but all other requests follow this rewrite..."

To keep the index file from being redirected, you need a RewriteCond before the rule:

RewriteCond $1 !index\.php
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_-]+).php$ http://www.domain.com/myfile.php?page=inc-$1.php [NC]

edited Mar 03 '11 at 19:40

answered Mar 03 '11 at 19:25

Leniency

Edited above to allow greater range of matches - took out the ^ and $ – Leniency Mar 03 '11 at 19:45

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