MOD_REWRITE but not in sub directories

Question

I have the following HTACCESS code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase   /

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(/cms/|/js/|/mobile/)* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /page.php [L]

As it stands, it works as I need it to within the root of the site, but accessing an admin page ( /cms/ ), I can tell via PhpConsole that it is still hitting page.php. I think this is because the admin is controlled with a query string: URIs look like /cms/?view=pages&action=edit&id=4

If I uncomment the first condition, this problem no longer occurs, but my front end comes back with a 404 on files that don't exist, rather than redirecting to page.php

What is wrong with my code?

Answer 1

Change your code with this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule (?!^(cms|js|mobile)(/.*|)$)^.*$ page.php [L,NC]