Question

I’ve been looking around but can’t find an exact solution for this.

I have a site that I want to redirect UNLESS they type in any existing URL.

For example (these should worok with or without the www):

www.site.com -> redirect to sub.site.com
www.site.com/nonexistant.php -> does not so redirect to sub.site.com
www.site.com/index1.php -> exists so show it

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks, Chris

Answer 1

If I understand what you’re trying to do correctly, this should do it;

# Turn rewrites on
RewriteEngine On

# First rewrite the site root to the new site.    
RewriteRule ^$ http://sub.site.com [L,R=301]

# ...else if the request doesn't match a directory...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# ...and it doesn't match a file...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

# ...then redirect to http://sub.site.com/
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://sub.site.com [L,R=301]