allow from cookie htaccess

Question

i've a cookie named "cookiename" with value "ok", and i'm trying to make a folder work if you have that cookie

I've tryed with

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^cookiename=ok$
RewriteRule .* / [NC,L]

without success... i'm getting redirected always

any ideas?

Thanks in advance

How to do htaccess redirect based on cookie value - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3978726/how-to-do-htaccess-redirect-based-on-cookie-value — scibuff, Mar 03 '12 at 20:01

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '12 at 23:41

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Don't anchor the cookie to the start ^ or end $. This will fail if you have multiple cookies. It is safer to use the word-break delimiter \b:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !\bcookiename=ok\b

answered Mar 03 '12 at 23:41

TerryE

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