Excluding A File

[broomsy]

My .htaccess file currently reads like this:

[code]RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html index.php?$1[/code]

So basically my index.php?blah would turn into blah.html.

My question is if I actually put a file up like test.html it actually goes to my index.html. How can I make real html files appear in the browser? Can I just exclude the file? I only need to validate Yahoo Site Explorer.

Also as your all so helpful can anyone explain my rewrite rule. I managed to put it together but didnt really understand it :)

[wildteen88]

Its to do with your rewriteRule. Its too "hungry"

So what ever you put after your domain name, say you do http://mysite.com/somefile.somecrap mod_rewrite will kick in and go to index.php?somefile.somecrap

You need to use a better regular expression.

What URL parameters does index.php take?

[broomsy]

I am now using:

[code]RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html index.php?$1[/code]

Is this an improvement?