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Asked: 2026-06-12T23:51:10+00:00

I have the following in my htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)$ rewrite.php?data=$1 [L,QSA]

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I have the following in my htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ rewrite.php?data=$1 [L,QSA]

From rewrite.php I redirect to the correct pages depending on the url. Problem is that it redirects all files including css and js. I tried including these files but I now realise that was dumb of me. Should I redirect when there is and appropriate extension in the url? If redirecting is the way to go what method would be best? header location or HTTP_redirect?

Or is this not a good idea performance or work involved wise? I could go for something like this but I know next to nothing about apache and would rather not work with it right now.

RewriteRule ^(.*).css$ /includes/compressor.php?i=$1.css [L]

I previously had the following in my htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

I decided to remove this because:

  1. I would not be able to include the header and other common files in the rewrite.php file. I would also not be able to have a database call in the rewrite file that would determine the page to include and to reuse the data for the page contents.

  2. Unwanted files would be reachable such as service used only by external app.

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  1. Editorial Team

    How about redirecting only if the requested file does not exist on the server?

    You could use the following rewrite conditions to achieve this.

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ rewrite.php?data=$1 [L,QSA]

    So if the request is for a CSS/JS/HTML/Image file that already exists on the server then no rewriting takes place and the request for the file is processed. If the file does not exist, it will run your rewrite rule to rewrite.php

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