htaccess RewriteRule issue

[getmukesh]

I have written rewriterule in htaccess for accessing category page. Category page working file, but my subfolder not browse which contains other files.

 

You can see code below

 

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Options +FollowSymlinks

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

 

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/$  category.php?category=$1

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e.g.

 

If i access the page 

 

http://example.com/international/

 

Its showing the category result page. This is working perfectly. 

 

But when i tried my subfolder which exists on root directory, not accessible because of rewriterule written above.  Its showing same category page like international.

 

http://example.com/subfolder/  

 

subfolder = is the subfolder exists

 

[requinix]

not accessible because of rewriterule written above

Actually no, the rule explicitly does not match directories that exist.

 

"not accessible" is not helpful. How is it not accessible? 403 or 404?