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May 6, 2011, 5:20 AM
MJB
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May 6, 2011, 5:20 AM
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Stop RewriteRule blocking other content
I currently have the following in my .htaccess to make a dynamic site look static:

Code:
RewriteRule ^(.*).php /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=$1.php [L]
RewriteRule New/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=New/$1 [L]
RewriteRule Ratings/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=Ratings/$1 [L]
RewriteRule Pop/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=Pop/$1 [L]

The problem is, anything else that I upload is regarded as a category and won't display.

Example 1: phpinfo.php in to root directory returns Category 'phpinfo.php' does not exist.

Example 2: /comments/admin/ directories in the root folder returns Category 'comments/admin' does not exist.

How can I get round this?

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May 6, 2011, 5:52 AM
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May 6, 2011, 5:52 AM
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Re: [MJB] Stop RewriteRule blocking other content In reply to
OK sorted it for a single file by adding the following:

Code:
<Files phpinfo.php>
RewriteEngine Off
</Files>

Now just have to work out how to do it for a directory.

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May 6, 2011, 5:58 AM
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May 6, 2011, 5:58 AM
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You would need to do something like:

Code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpinfo\.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !directory_name
RewriteRule ^(.*).php /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=$1.php [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpinfo\.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !directory_name
RewriteRule New/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=New/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpinfo\.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !directory_name
RewriteRule Ratings/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=Ratings/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpinfo\.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !directory_name
RewriteRule Pop/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=Pop/$1 [L]

Basically, setting "conditions" just before each rule, which tell it to check if its true before the rule gets run.

Hope that helps.

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May 6, 2011, 6:28 AM
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May 6, 2011, 6:28 AM
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Re: [Andy] Stop RewriteRule blocking other content In reply to
Ah, that's where I was going wrong. I didn't realize that I had to do it for every line.

Thanks.
May 6, 2011, 6:40 AM
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May 6, 2011, 6:40 AM
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Yeah, I used to think that too Smile

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May 19, 2011, 9:48 AM
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May 19, 2011, 9:48 AM
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In relation to this......

Using the rules above, if the index.php isn't in the URL for the category it returns a 404.

1. www.mysite.com/directory1/index.php = OK
2. www.mysite.com/directory1/ = 404

Any way to avoid this?

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May 19, 2011, 10:11 AM
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May 19, 2011, 10:11 AM
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Mmm, you could try:

Code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpinfo\.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !directory_name
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=$1.php [L]

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May 19, 2011, 12:06 PM
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May 19, 2011, 12:06 PM
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Re: [Andy] Stop RewriteRule blocking other content In reply to
Almost perfect. Just needed to remove the .php from the last line otherwise it displayed "Category 'Directory1.php' does not exist."

Code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !phpinfo\.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !directory_name
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /cgi-bin/links/page.cgi?g=$1 [L]

Thanks Andy.