.htaccess wildcard subfolder to another subfolder

Question

Here's my folder structure:

{root}/pages/page1/index.php {root}/pages/page2/index.php {root}/pages/page3/index.php

Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:

When I go to {root}/page1 , it checks the /pages subdirectory to see if there is a matching folder name, then it loads that folder. If not, it 404's. I would want this set with a wildcard so I wouldn't have to add it manually.

Answer 1

At the main root directory .htaccess file put the following code :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/pages/page1/
RewriteRule ^page1/(.*)$     /pages/page1/$1 [L]

If you want a code to work with all in pages directory change it to this :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/pages/(.*)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$     /pages/$1/$2 [L]