How can I use an exception to a RewriteRule redirect?

Question

I have the following in my .htaccess file

RewriteRule ^post/(.*)$ index.php?post=$1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1 [NC]

I expect it to rewrite (for example) mysite.com/x to mysite.com/index.php?page=x, with the exception of mysite.com/post/x rewritten to mysite.com/index.php?post=x, however it doesn't work.

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 23 '12 at 11:06

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add the L directive, e.g. RewriteRule ^post/(.*)$ index.php?post=$1 [L,NC]

L meaning last, i.e. if the rewrite rule is matched it will stop processing the next rules ...

edited Apr 23 '12 at 11:06

yunzen

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answered Apr 23 '12 at 11:04

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You should do this for both rules. – DaveRandom Apr 23 '12 at 11:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

Just adding [L] flag will not be enough, as rewriting goes in cycles until no more rewrites occurs.

RewriteRule Last [L] flag not working?

There are quite a few approaches -- here is one of them (possibly the best one considering your example rules).

# do not do anything for index.php (already rewritten URLs)
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# my rewrite rules
RewriteRule ^post/(.*)$ index.php?post=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1 [NC,L]

How can I use an exception to a RewriteRule redirect?

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