.htaccess RewriteRule returning 404 unexpectedly-CodePudding

Rewriting is working using this htaccess file, but for some reason this new rule I created doesn't seem to be working. Here is the new rule:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(webapps|gamedev|digitalart)$ $1/index.php [NC,PT,L]

Here is my entire set of rewrite rules:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(webapps|gamedev|digitalart)$ $1/index.php [NC,PT,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.] )$ $1.php [L]

The public URL that this .htaccess is contained in is here:

https://dustinhendricks.com/test

The url I am testing is here:

https://dustinhendricks.com/test/gamedev

I expect the above URL to navigate (without changing the URL in browser) to here:

https://dustinhendricks.com/test/index.php

Instead it is returning a 404 error. Any ideas as to why this rewrite isn't working as expected? Tested it here, but seems to rewrite fine in this site htaccess tester

CodePudding user response：

Have your .htaccess this way:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L,NE]

# add .php if there is a matching .php file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(. ?)/?$ $1.php [L]

# rewrite these paths to index.php
RewriteRule ^(webapps|gamedev|digitalart)/?$ index.php [NC,L]

Note that your .htaccess is already inside test/ subdirectory, hence matched pattern in RewriteRule will be relative to test/ subdirectory.