Apache mod_rewrite only if request does not start with '/THEMES/'

Question

Hi all SO users!

I'm writing a CMS in PHP, and now I'm working at the themes feature. I have a .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ index.php?m=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(.+)$ index.php?m=$1&p=$2

If I have a request to:

/page

it must load the view function of the class called page.

If I have a request to:

/page/test

it must load the view function of the class called page, with the parameter 'test'. This all works,

But I want it to apply the RewriteRules ONLY if the request does NOT start with:

/THEMES/

So I can apply CSS styles etc...

Can anyone help me? Thanks.

Answer 1

You could use an additional rule to stop the rewriting process:

RewriteRule ^THEMES/ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ index.php?m=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)/(.+)$ index.php?m=$1&p=$2

Answer 2

Add this before your rewrite rules:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/THEMES/

Answer 3

If you want to include css/js files while using url-rewriting use that tag to specify the main url.

< base href="http://www.your-web-site-adress.com" >

Then you may easily include your css/js files like that:

< script src="/blabla.js" >

it'll add base href as prefix.

Answer 4

Do something like:

RewriteRule ^THEMES - [L]

That means: if the request starts with THEMES, just serve it.

Another possible solution is:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

That means: do not rewrite if the request resolves to an existing file (first line) or directory (second line).

Maybe you should read the documentations, is really well written.