Set fake directory with htaccess

Question

I have a directory called /admin - the most predictable name for an admin panel. As of right now I have created a fake directory called /ase using htaccess. When you go to the url, you have to log in to the admin panel. When you're not logged in to /ase , and you visit /admin , it will say 404 not found.

My htaccess is this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^ase admin/allseeingeye/

But people can still visit admin/allseeingeye/ to log in which is located on /admin . Is there a PHP script like:

if (url = admin/allseeingeye/) {
    error 404 script
} else {
    // rest of the page
}

But so the page still functions on /ase ?

The script above is completely wrong but that's just to explain.

Answer 1

You don't need a PHP script for this, you can do so in mod_rewrite itself using a separate rule:

RewriteEngine On

# forbid direct request to allseeingeye
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /allseeingeye/ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [L,R=404]

RewriteRule ^ase/?$ admin/allseeingeye/ [L,NC]