Apache mod_rewrite only if request does not start with '/THEMES/'

Question

I'm writing a CMS in PHP, and now I'm working at the themes feature. I have a .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ index.php?m=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(.+)$ index.php?m=$1&p=$2

If I have a request to:

/page

it must load the view function of the class called page.

If I have a request to:

/page/test

it must load the view function of the class called page, with the parameter 'test'. This all works,

But I want it to apply the RewriteRules ONLY if the request does NOT start with:

/THEMES/

So I can apply CSS styles etc...

Can anyone help me? Thanks.

score 33 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:02

33

Add this before your rewrite rules:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/THEMES/

answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:02

Kevin

1

This seems to only match a full url and not an url starting with `"/THEMES/"` – adrianTNT Apr 18 '18 at 08:56

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:02

14

You could use an additional rule to stop the rewriting process:

RewriteRule ^THEMES/ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ index.php?m=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(.+)$ index.php?m=$1&p=$2

answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:02

Gumbo

3

Good to know you can rewrite to - to preserve a given URL/pattern – eyelidlessness Jul 25 '09 at 10:04
I think the first rule should start with `^/` – Behrang Mar 18 '14 at 05:31
@Behrang No, it’s .htaccess and `RewriteRule` where the contextual path prefix is stripped before. – Gumbo Mar 18 '14 at 06:17

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:06

1

Do something like:

RewriteRule ^THEMES - [L]

That means: if the request starts with THEMES, just serve it.

Another possible solution is:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

That means: do not rewrite if the request resolves to an existing file (first line) or directory (second line).

Maybe you should read the documentations, is really well written.

answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:06

sydarex

Are you sure that the file/directory requested exists? It seems strange to me, it works on my system. – sydarex Jul 25 '09 at 10:25

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 25 '09 at 10:05

If you want to include css/js files while using url-rewriting use that tag to specify the main url.

< base href="http://www.your-web-site-adress.com" >

Then you may easily include your css/js files like that:

< script src="/blabla.js" >

it'll add base href as prefix.

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