htaccess - redirect everything to index.php except a folder and specific files

Question

I have been fighting with this for way too long. I have a my PHP site hosted with a .htaccess file for rewriting and redirecting. It has been working great so far. Now I simply want to add a subfolder, /pp that everything inside it does not get redirected or rewritten, basically it should not get touched by my .htaccess stuff.

Now when I go to mysite.com/pp/test.php (that file does exist), it redirects to mysite.com/index

Here is what I currently have:

RewriteEngine On

#remove www for all traffic
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

#prevent redirect of submit
RewriteRule ^/?submit$ submit.php [L]

#prevent redirect of paypal
RewriteRule ^/?admin$ admin.php [L]
RewriteRule ^/?testPPButton$ testPPButton.php [L]

# browser requests PHP
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^\ ]+)\.php
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# check to see if the request is for a PHP file:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/pp/.* [NC]  // this line is not working for some reason
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

Options -Indexes

Updated .htaccess:

    RewriteEngine On

# skip /pp/* from all rules below
RewriteRule ^pp(/.*)?$ - [L,NC]

#remove www for all traffic
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

#prevent redirect of submit
RewriteRule ^/?submit$ submit.php [L]

#prevent redirect of paypal
RewriteRule ^/?admin$ admin.php [L]
RewriteRule ^/?testPPButton$ testPPButton.php [L]

# browser requests PHP
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^\ ]+)\.php
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# check to see if the request is for a PHP file:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

Options -Indexes

Refer to this link [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3414015/redirect-site-with-htaccess-but-exclude-one-folder) — Gopi, Feb 11 '19 at 05:20
I actually saw that link in my search. Adding `!^pp($|/)` after either of my `RewriteRule` commands produces an internal server error. — dmikester1, Feb 11 '19 at 05:25
try changing the permissions of the folder causing the internal server error — Peace, Feb 11 '19 at 05:59

anubhava · Answer 1 · 2019-02-12T06:14:32.660

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Just below RewriteEngine On line add this to skip pp/ and everything under this folder:

RewriteEngine On

# skip /pp/* from all rules below
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\s/+pp[/?\s] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [L,NC]

# rest of your rules go below this

edited Feb 12 '19 at 06:14

answered Feb 11 '19 at 10:50

anubhava

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Tried it, still redirecting me to /index – dmikester1 Feb 12 '19 at 03:21
I thought you are trying to skip pp folder from rewrite. What is url you're using to test and what is exact error happening? – anubhava Feb 12 '19 at 03:23
I'm typing example.com/pp/test.php and it's sending me to example.com/index – dmikester1 Feb 12 '19 at 03:40
That is correct, I don't want files in that folder rewritten or redirected. – dmikester1 Feb 12 '19 at 03:41
Is there a htacceas inside pp folder? Can you show latest htacceas with my suggested rule in question? – anubhava Feb 12 '19 at 03:48
If you're seeing URL changing in browser then test from a new browser or curl – anubhava Feb 12 '19 at 03:50
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/188246/discussion-between-dmikester1-and-anubhava). – dmikester1 Feb 12 '19 at 04:02

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