How to access the default index page after using DirectoryIndex in .htaccess

Question

My site root is an english version of the site (/index.php).

I used an DirectoryIndex to point my users to a french version of the site by default (/fr/index.php).

I would like people to be able to click an link that would take them to the english version (/index.php).

Is there anyway to do this without changing the folder structure?

Thanks in advanced

Answer 1

Link to /index.php directly. You could also alias /en to / and serve /index.php when /en or /en/ is requested. Example:

RewriteRule ^en$ index.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^en/(.*)$ $1 [QSA]