Question

I have the following .htaccess config

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule \.git - [F,L]

RewriteRule ^help help.php [L]
RewriteRule ^home home.php [L]
RewriteRule ^profile profile.php [L]
RewriteRule ^index index.php [L]

RewriteRule ^users/([0-9]+) profile.php?id=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)?$ profile.php?u=$1 [L]

Now, whenever somebody visits the landing page, they get redirected using the last rule for profile.php?u=$1.

How do I change the configuration so that www.example.com and www.example.com/ are mapped to index.php and not profile.php?

Answer 1

Match the empty string or single slash just after the ^index rule:

RewriteRule ^help help.php [L]
RewriteRule ^home home.php [L]
RewriteRule ^profile profile.php [L]
RewriteRule ^index index.php [L]
# Match root request with optional slash
RewriteRule ^/?$ index.php [L]