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Asked: 2026-05-31T10:09:33+00:00

Here is what I am trying to do: When a file is requested from

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Here is what I am trying to do:

  • When a file is requested from filesystem and it does not exist, rewrite the URL to /index.php?404
  • When file is requested and it does exist in filesystem, rewrite the URL to /index.php?file
  • In every other case rewrite the URL to /index.php?data

But I am getting 500 errors as a result, does anyone know where the problem might be? I have used RewriteEngine in the past, but it’s still a bit confusing to me regarding how to use it for special cases like this.

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (.*\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4}))$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* ./index.php?404 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (.*\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4}))$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule .* ./index.php?file [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* ./index.php?data [L]
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  1. Editorial Team

    You have infinite rewrite loop. To solve — add extra condition to not rewrite already rewritten URLs .. or at least ignore requests to index.php.

    One of the possible approaches:

    # do not touch any requests to index.php
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

    P.S.
    How L flag works: RewriteRule Last [L] flag not working?

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