mod_rewrite - rewrite directory to query string except /#!/

Question

I'm trying to rewrite www.domain.com/something/some/ to www.domain.com/index.php?q=something/some/

This is what I have so far:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ([a-z-]+)/?$
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?q=$1 [QSA,L]

But I want to exclude urls like these: www.domain.com/#!/something

Could you please help?

Thanks, John

The `#` and everything after that shouldn't ever reach your server, as it's a fragment identifier, which is not supposed to be attached to a request. — lxg, Sep 16 '14 at 17:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '14 at 17:29

You can use this rule in root .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?q=$1 [QSA,L]

Use of .+ also takes care of /#!/something since Apache will only get / for that as text after # doesn't reach web server.

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