combining multiple htaccess rules

Question

i have a htaccess rule that remove .php extension:

 `RewriteEngine On
  ErrorDocument 403 "Page not exist"
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ $1.php
  RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2.php
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
  RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]`

the htaccess rule below redirects to stream.php file:

`RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /core/musicbox/stream/?tag=$1 [NC,L,QSA]`

Both rule works individually, but when combined,the rule placed below does not work.

Answer 1

You have the same conditions twice:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

Which means:

• !-f : File %{REQUEST_FILENAME} doesn't exist.
• !-d : Directory %{REQUEST_FILENAME} doesn't exist.

If both are true and the next one (in the first set of rules) is also true:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$

Then the next rule will do a 301 redirect ( R=301 ) and stop processing rules ( L ).

RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]

Actually, maybe there's a missing ^ in there. It should be:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]

Anyway, that means that the second set of conditions and the subsequent rule won't be reached:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /core/musicbox/stream/?tag=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

Probably you don't need those first R=301 and L flag. I think this is how it should look like:

RewriteEngine On
ErrorDocument 403 "Page not exist"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ $1.php
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /core/musicbox/stream/?tag=$1 [NC,L,QSA]