How can I convert my virtual hosts modrewrite in httpd.conf to use .htaccess instead?

Question

I am moving to a new host that does not allow access to edit httpd.conf or vhosts.conf, so I need to use .htaccess instead.

Here's my existing virtual host conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.dev

    DocumentRoot /path/to/html       
    Alias /sitemap.xml /path/to/html/sitemap.php
    Alias /sitemap.xml.gz /path/to/html/sitemap.php
    AliasMatch ^/sitemap(.*).xml /path/to/html/sitemap.php
    AliasMatch ^/sitemap(.*).xml.gz /path/to/html/sitemap.php
    Alias /robots.txt /path/to/html/robots.php
    AliasMatch ^/robots.txt /path/to/html/robots.php

    <Directory /path/to/html>
        AllowOverride none
        Options all
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        Deny from none

        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
            RewriteEngine On
            # The following redirects all directories to root using PATH variables
            # Ex. /abc/def/ redirects to /index.php/abc/def/
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/server-status
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteRule (.*) index.php/$1 [L]
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

The goal is to get the same interaction using htaccess.

The primary interaction I'm looking for is:

sitemap.xml => sitemap.php
sitemap-abc.xml => sitemap.php
sitemap-___.xml => sitemap.php
sitemap-xyz.xml => sitemap.php
robots.txt => robots.php

/abc/def/ => /index.php/abc/def/

The above vhosts.conf works just fine on my old host, but I'm unsure how to execute this on my new host with only htaccess.

Answer 1

Turns out my specific issue was with a hosting configuration instead of a mod_rewrite problem. But for others, here's my solution:

/path/to/html/.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]