excluding

[hackalive]

okay so I have this mod_rewite

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(lib|administration|lib/theme)($|/) - [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+/)*[a-zA-Z0-9]+$ /index.php?uri=$0

 

now in the directory lib, lib/theme (covered by lib directory) and administration I dont want this reqrite rule to apply I want this one

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+/)*[a-zA-Z0-9]+$ /style.php?css=$0

 

So what am I doing wrong, why is the first one applying even though I am using RewriteRule ^(lib|administration|lib/theme)($|/) - [L]??

 

Any help appreciated

[cags]

Because you only match what the REQUEST_URI starts with, if that is supposed to be the entire value you should use the $ at the end as another anchor.

[hackalive]

can you alter my code above as an example please cags

[cags]

Well the starting pattern should look more like...

 

^(lib|administration|lib/theme)/?$

 

Not sure if that will work overall though as I'm not familiar with the use of '-' as the second parameter. I would assume given it's use it's supposed to mean "don't rewrite".

[hackalive]

anyone else?

[hackalive]

FYI this is the new code

 

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(lib|administration)($|/) [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+/)*[a-zA-Z0-9]+$ /index.php?uri=$0

 

 

and then in the lib directory

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+/)*[a-zA-Z0-9]+$ /style.php?css=$0

[hackalive]

anyone, someone

[hackalive]

someone has to have an idea

[hackalive]

anyone?

[DavidAM]

I am no expert in rewrite, but if you have the .htaccess in the lib directory with the correct rewrite, I don't think you need to try to exclude it from the rules in the parent directory.