How to write rewrite rule in htaccess for allowing access to another folder in project?

Question

I've this project structure

I save images in folder data/images. I want to allow access to this folder by direct link. My .htaccess is

RewriteEngine On
# The following rule tells Apache that if the requested filename
# exists, simply serve it.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
# The following rewrites all other queries to index.php. The 
# condition ensures that if you are using Apache aliases to do
# mass virtual hosting, the base path will be prepended to 
# allow proper resolution of the index.php file; it will work
# in non-aliased environments as well, providing a safe, one-size 
# fits all solution.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(/.+)(.+)::$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=BASE:%1]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{ENV:BASE}index.php [NC,L]

How to do it ?

Answer 1

As hinted at in the comments, you can't do this simply by modifying the htaccess file because your images folder is above the document root. You need to either move the data/images folder to public/images , or create a symlink from public/images to data/images . Then your images should work without any htaccess changes.