I have an htaccess file that makes all requests to be handled by index.php:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php?q=$1 [L]
I want the same behavior except for all requests to myfile.php (including extra query strings like myfile.php?somecontent=1). So all requests that contain myfile.php in the query strings are to be handled by the original file - myfile.php
how do I add such an exception?
You can add negative lookahead condition in this rule to skip certain know URI for this rule:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(?!(?:index|myfile)\.php$)(.+?)/?$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
(?!(?:index|myfile)\.php$) is negative lookahead assertion that skips this rule for /myfile.php and /index.php.
You just need to add a RewriteCond before your RewriteRule
Simplest way:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! myfile.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php?q=$1 [L]
There is also a more generic way to exclude all existing files and directory:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ! -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ! -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ index.php?q=$1 [L]
