.htaccess with dynamic php - subfolder problems

Question

Hi,

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My .htaccess file redirects like this: domain.com/about to domain.com/index.php?page=about

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]

The "page" variable is used in a php include:

<?php include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/contents/".$page.".html"); ?>

The "contents" folder simply contains .html files that are included as the content

Okay here's the problem:

I have a "subfolder" in the "contents" folder with additional .html files that I need to access Now I'm trying to redirect like this: domain.com/subfolder/about to domain.com/index.php?page=subfolder/about

This works:

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+/[^/.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1

But now I can't access the subfolder from: domain.com/subfolder/ because there is a 'page' variable

<?php $page = $_GET['page']; if(!$page) { $page = 'index'; } ?>

Any thoughts, ideas, or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You could exclude specific folder via

rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI}!^/folder1/  
rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI}!^/folder2/  
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+/[^/.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1

Edit: Link to the manual

Answer 2

With this, you shouldn't have to define any directory names - it rules them all out.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+/[^/.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1

You may need to test the trailing slash though, it may work on /subfolder/ but not /subfolder

Answer 3

Just do another check:

if (preg_match('/^[^\\/.]+$/', $page)) {
    $page .= '/index';
}

If $page is just subfolder, /index would be appended to have subfolder/index.

Answer 4

rewriteRule ^foldername/.$ - [PT] rewriteRule ^foldername/.$ - [PT]

before any other rewrite rule...