Redirect in based on cookie and prevent loop

Question

I am trying to redirect if cookie is not set with htaccess , but I can't prevent the redirection loop.

It's for wordpress installation.

Here is my .htaccess at the moment:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^cookie_name[NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/page_to_redirect/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* /page_to_redirect/ [R,L]

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

How can I do that?

Answer 1

This works for me - if the cookie is set, the request isn't a file or directory, the request will be handled by index.php , otherwise it will be handled by redirect.php , which should presumably set the cookie.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} cookie_name [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

RewriteRule .* /redirect.php [L]