Question

I’m having an issue with a catch-all rule in .htaccess that is over-riding all my other rules above it.

RewriteRule ^images/(.*).gif$ media/gif/$1.gif [L]
RewriteRule ^images/(.*).jpg$ media/jpg/$1.jpg [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.php?uri=$1 [C] 

How can I prevent the catch-all from executing if a match is found above it?

Answer 1

you can use a rewrite condition

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^images.*
RewriteRule ^images/(.*).gif$ media/gif/$1.gif [L]
RewriteRule ^images/(.*).jpg$ media/jpg/$1.jpg [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.php?uri=$1 [C] 

i wrote it widouth verifiying