Different htaccess directory and subdirectory redirect

Question

I am trying to have clean urls on my site and here is the mapping I'm trying to achieve:

1. mysite.tld/directory/ is going to > mysite.tld/page.php?q=directory
2. mysite.tld/tags/directory/ is going to > mysite.tld/tag.php?q=directory

I have made an htaccess file at the root of my site wiht the folling code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^\/]+)\/?$ pages.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^tags/([^/d]+)/?$ tags.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

For some reason, the tag redirect works but is then "eaten" by the other rule of redirection. Not sure what to do to prevent second rule from doing this.

Answer 1

Answer is as follow:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^tags/([^/d]+)\/? /tags.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/tags
RewriteRule (.*) pages.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]