Topic: Rewrite

[ober]

RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/(.*)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2&obj=$3 [NC,L]

I need that rule to work unless the 3rd portion ends in .js.  In that case, the rule needs to be ignored.  Help?  Obviously I'm keying on everything in that last part but I basically need it to process everything except .js files.

[PJYelton]

Wait, .js at the very end or .js in the (.*) right after the second slash?

[Mike]

Use RewriteCond first

[ober]

Mike, I'll look into that, but just so I can clarify... I have multiple rules:

RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)/([0-9]+)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2&obj=$3 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/(.*)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2&obj=$3 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([0-9]+)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)$ index.php?req=$1 [NC,L]

Unfortunately, my js includes look like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.blah.com/dev/sources/account/invacct.js"></script>

And it's picking up the rewrite on those and causing problems.

[ober]

Thanks Mike!

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RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)/([0-9]+)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2&obj=$3 [NC,L]
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/(.*)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2&obj=$3 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([0-9]+)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)$ index.php?req=$1&action=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)$ index.php?req=$1 [NC,L]

[PJYelton]

Not familiar with what I am guessing is php but I am familiar with regex.  If you still need regex than you'll need to look at the negative lookahead operator. 

For example the code to match a period that is not followed by js would be \.(?!js)

[Mike]

Not familiar with what I am guessing is php but I am familiar with regex.  If you still need regex than you'll need to look at the negative lookahead operator. 

For example the code to match a period that is not followed by js would be \.(?!js)

Those are Apache rewrite rules.

[micah]

it looks like you solved this already but I started typing my reply before I read the rest of this thread so I'm still posting this

I always add this to my htaccess before the rewrite:

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# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
that way, any files that actaully exist will load normally, regardless of the rewrite rule; necessary for things like images, css and js files.

[ober]

The only question I had was if I put those 2 lines above all of the rules, does it take effect for all of them or do I have to put them above each individual rule?

[micah]

I *think* rewrite conditions happen in order, then it "breaks" (in the "stop processing" sense of the word) once its met a condition.

so if an existing file or directory are found using those lines, it won't run any of the other conditions after it.

hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

[Mike]

The only question I had was if I put those 2 lines above all of the rules, does it take effect for all of them or do I have to put them above each individual rule?

I'm 99.99% sure you can put them before any of the rules and it'll effect all of them.