Regex HTAccess Not functioning

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So I have this rule in my .htaccess file. It correctly stops the rewrite for the "files" directory but none of the other directories. I expected this to not redirect the files, pdf, img, and account directories.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(files|pdf|img|account).*$ [NC]

I also tried it with

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/[^(files|pdf|img|account)].*$ [NC]

This stops the redirecting for the all the requested directories but also for the mobile site so I think this just breaks the whole rule set I have.

My rule set is kind of long it so for redirecting from our main site to m.mainsite for mobile devices. If it'd be useful to see the whole set please let me know.

Thanks.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-13 19:06:51Z

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Instead of REQUEST_URI try THE_REQUEST variable as THE_REQUEST variable represents original request received by Apache from your browser and it doesn't get overwritten after execution of some rewrite rules.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !/(files|pdf|img|account) [NC]

answered Feb 13, 2015 at 19:06

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user3783243 Over a year ago

Yup, just swapping it to the_request has it functioning correctly. Thanks. Is there a way to output the different server variables for debugging in the future?

anubhava Over a year ago

Yes in php code you can use: <? phpinfo(); ?> in PHP code to output various variables.

Panama Jack · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-13 20:05:27Z

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You can use these two condition statements instead of just the one. One for the directory and then one for anything inside the directory such as a file or another directory.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(files|pdf|img|account)/?$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(files|pdf|img|account)/(.*)$ [NC]

answered Feb 13, 2015 at 20:05

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