how htaccess rewrite works

Question

How the htaccesss code works and how they used to redirect the link why index.php is used??

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /XYZ/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Possible duplicate of [What is .htaccess file?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13170819/what-is-htaccess-file) — , Jul 31 '17 at 11:32
I think you asked about how the code work not how .htaccess works? Right? — Rajendran Nadar, Jul 31 '17 at 11:39
yes mate, but if get explanation of how .htaccess works than it will be plus point — Satish51, Jul 31 '17 at 11:42
It would help if you'd narrow down what you *do* understand about this and what specifically you *don't*. — deceze, Jul 31 '17 at 14:30
Is my answer sufficient for you to understand @Satish51? if yes mark my answer as solved. — Rajendran Nadar, Aug 01 '17 at 08:43

Rajendran Nadar · Answer 1 · 2017-07-31T11:48:16.847

RewriteEngine On # Enable the rewrite engine

RewriteBase /XYZ/ #The base url can also be called as root url

RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L] #Content between ^ $ are rewritten [L] is a flag

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # Don't select files

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #Don't select directory

Check about flags in Apache docs https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html

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Side note Use this if you have multiple conditions

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f

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