Need to rewrite .htaccess rule to redirect from Site A to Site B except the SITA index.php

Question

Is it possible to redirect from Site A to site B all the URLs and subdomains except the index.php of site A. I used the below rules but none worked.

below is what i used to redirect all except the index

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^abc.com$ [OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.abc.com$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! ^/index.php\
  RewriteRule (.*)$ https://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Currently I m redirecting everything from site A to site B by using code which is working fine with below rule

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^abc.com$ [OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.abc.com$
  RewriteRule (.*)$ https://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

how can i rewrite it in such a way that site A's index.php open the same as it is and everything else from site A redirects to site B.

I tried with the one it still doesnt work. everything is going to site b. And index,php of site A is the same ie www.abc.com I want this to open as it is. But www.abc.com/anything to the site B

Thanks

Answer 1

Try with below rule, I made an exception in your current rule to ignore only index.php and accept every other matches.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^abc.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.abc.com$
RewriteRule (.*)$ https://www.newsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Your previous attempt regardless matching everything.