htaccess rewrite all pages to same rule

Question

I have added a rewrite rule in htaccess file and it is working fine the only problem is if I open any URL from after 2016 directory it opens the same target file.

RewriteRule ^elections/assembly/2016/(.*)$ elections/assembly/2016/index.php?state=$1

For example :-

http://www.example.com/elections/assembly/2016/dir1/dir2/index.php

the above URL follow the same pattern. please help me to resolve this.

Answer 1

You have to exclude your real files and dirs from the rule :

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^elections/assembly/2016/(.*)$ elections/assembly/2016/index.php?state=$1