Question

if there is no index file in the folder how do i rewrite an index file from another folder…so for example the main site has two folders like this

main_folder/no index.php
folder1/index.php
folder2/index.php

what do i have to put in the rewrite rule to make the main page show the index for folder1/index.php

EDIT

got it working with this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} site.com
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !folder1/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ folder1/$1 [L]

Answer 1

Try this:

#in the .htaccess file where there is no exit or in root
Options Indexes #if still fails delete this line
DirectoryIndex /folder1/index.php

Not sure though

edit: for sub levels maybe adding this solves.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/folder1/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.org/$1 [L]