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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:35:01+00:00

I have a directory named dollars that contains a file index.php . I would

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I have a directory named dollars that contains a file index.php. I would like for the url http://localhost/dollars/foo to translate to dollars/index.php?dollars=foo. This is the .htaccess file that I currently have in the dollars directorty:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^index\.php
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?dollars=$1 [L]

The idea being that any request other than a request to index.php should use the RewriteRule.

However, this does not work.

I’ve been looking for a while trying to figure out how to create the redirect I want, but I don’t even know if I’m on the right track. Regex were never my thing. Thanks for any help!

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  1. Editorial Team

    A often-used solution for rewrites is to just check that the path being requested doesn’t point to an actual file/directory, and rewrite it if it doesn’t – since the rewritten URL will then point to an actual file, no loop occurs.

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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