Question

I have the following site structure

index.php   
services.php   
contact.php   
/admin

and the following in .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[^./]+)$  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f  
RewriteRule (.*) /$1.php [L]  
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^.]+\.)+php\ HTTP  
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]  

This successfully tidies up my URLs and directs to the correct pages.

However it prevents any functions being carried out in admin where $_POST and $_GET is being used a lot.

So is there a way to prevent the rule being carried out in /admin or restrict it to only being carried out in top level pages?

Answer 1

Just add this rule right after RewriteEngine on line (before both of your rules):

RewriteRule ^admin(/.*|)$ - [L]