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Asked: 2026-05-13T15:13:48+00:00

i’m doing maintenance work on a cms and have found the following htaccess file:

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i’m doing maintenance work on a cms and have found the following htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

i’m having trouble understanding it.
the reason a went looking for the htaccess file is this:
i placed some code in index.php (right now just printing some string to a file but
eventually will do banner cycling) and i’ve noticed the string gets printed a few times when i load index.php. could that have some connection to the htaccess file?

thanx in advance for any input.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This simply checks whether a file exists (as a file -f, or directory -d). If it does not, it takes the address and passes it to index.php.

    For instance if you ask for:

    www.mysite.com/badfile.html

    You will get:

    www.mysite.com/index.php/badfile.html

    This should have no effect on how the code in index.php runs. This only affects what happens when non-existent files and directories are requested.

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