.htaccess mod_rewrite - how to exclude directory from rewrite rule

Question

Hello all!

I have 8 lines of rewrite rules in my .htaccess file. I need to exclude two physical directories on my server from these rules, so they can become accessible. For now all requests are sent to index.php file.

Directories to exclude: "admin" and "user".

So http requests: http://www.domain.com/admin/ should not be passed to index.php file.

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?mod=error404

Options  FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^([^/] )/([^/] )\.html$ index.php?lang=$1&mod=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/] )/$ index.php?lang=$1&mod=home [L]

Thanks for any advise!

Answer 1

add a condition to check for the admin directory, something like:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/?(admin|user)/
RewriteRule ^([^/] )/([^/] )\.html$ index.php?lang=$1&mod=$2 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/?(admin|user)/
RewriteRule ^([^/] )/$ index.php?lang=$1&mod=home [L]

Answer 2

Try this rule before your other rules:

RewriteRule ^(admin|user)($|/) - [L]

This will end the rewriting process.

Answer 3

rewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(ajax|css|functions|image_viewer|images|img|include|fancybox|jquery|jscript|json)$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(.[^/])/(.[^/])/(.+[^/]) ?program=$1&usertype=$2&username=$3 [NC]

could you please help me find what is wrong in this.. ? I need to exclude some folders from url rewriting.

i tried with the solution given here.. but still i am getting some errors..

http://www.idxsync.com/sbaor/Search/Agent/zz

please help me