Question

mit .htaccess looks like this.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !\.(js|gif|css|jpg|png|ico|txt|html)$ index.php [L]

It allow normal access to the URLs with the listed file extensions. All other requests are sent to the index.php.

How can I simplify my .htaccess so it allows all file requests and redicts only requests without file extension to the index.php?

Answer 1

I would do it like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

I assume that your .htaccess is located in your documentroot. Otherwise try:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

Both examples would send all traffic to index.php except those to physically existing files.