.htaccess issue, folder in wordpress?

Question

I have a folder called /mf/ that is not related to the wordpress install but it is in the same root folder. When I visit the folder path (www.domain.com/mf) it gives me a 500 error. I know that this is an .htaccess issue.

I've modded my root .htaccess to do the below code but it still does not work:

 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mf/(.*)$ [OR]
 RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
 </IfModule>


 # BEGIN WordPress
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>
 # END WordPress

Any advice on how to fix this .htaccess issue?

Why an [OR] flag on the last condition? I doubt that is valid syntax. — Sumurai8
– Sumurai8, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 19:34
@Sumurai8 i saw it in a reference doc, any suggestions on the correct syntax? — chronotrigga
– chronotrigga, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 20:09
The [OR] flag implies that "if this condition is not met, do not stop processing this rule but check if the next condition is met". However, there is no next rule. You should remove that flag. — Sumurai8
– Sumurai8, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 20:22
@Sumurai8 i've removed the OR flag. Still does not work properly unfortuantely. Thank you for the explanation! — chronotrigga
– chronotrigga, Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 20:25

shushu304 · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-04 20:52:30Z

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in your "mf" folder create a .htaccess file and there put all the configuration that nedded, and in the main folder-wordpress put only the wordpress part.

in th "mf" change the RewriteBase too.

main-wordpress

# BEGIN WordPress
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>
 # END WordPress

the mf folder

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /mf/
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mf/(.*)$ [OR]
 RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
 </IfModule>

answered Dec 4, 2017 at 20:52

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chronotrigga Over a year ago

thank you for the explanation, i realized the mod_rewrite should also be in the /mf/ folder. it works now.

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