Htaccess rewrite rule not working when REQUEST_URI does not start with different pattern-CodePudding

I am trying to redirect any request that does not start with specific patterns.

For example

mydomain.com/test/one/a

mydomain.com/test/one/b

and

mydomain.com/user/name/a

mydomain.com/user/name/b

So any request that does not match with mydomain.com/test/one or mydomain.com/user/name will redirect to some page or web address.

So far i can match following

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/test/one|/user/name) [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F]

so any url started with /test/one or /user/name is redirecting properly.

But when i am trying to negate the condition with ! , its redirecting every requests!

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(/test/one|/user/name) [NC]

RewriteRule .* - [F]

But i want all request to redirect except REQUEST_URI has pattern like ^(/test/one|/user/name)

CodePudding user response：

With your shown samples, please try following htaccess rules file. Please make sure to clear your browser cache before testing your URLs.

Using THE_REQUEST variable here for apache to check condition.

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !\s/(?:test/one/|user/name/)\S \s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [F,L]

CodePudding user response：

There's no need for a RewriteCond, just give the pattern to the RewriteRule, e.g.

RewriteRule ^test/one - [F]
RewriteRule ^user/name - [F]

This will forbid requests, starting with either /test/one or /user/name.

To rewrite all other requests to some web page, append another RewriteRule

RewriteRule ^ /some/web/page.html [L]

To redirect the client instead of rewriting, add flag R|redirect to the rule

RewriteRule ^ /some/web/page.html [R,L]