Redirect To Index.php Question

kbc1

Hi All

I am using a mod rewrite to ensure all HTTP requests are directed to the index.php page of my site. The rewrite rule is as follows and I use this regularly:

RewriteRule \.(css|jpe?g|gif|png|swf|js|bmp|pdf|html|txt|doc|xls|flv|ico|xml|php|asp|htm)$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)?$ index.php

Now the site I am building allows users to submit external URLs to other websites and when users of my sites click those URL's I open up a new window, pass the external URL through the REQUEST URI and then redirect that user to the external website via the new browser window.

The problem I have is that if the external URL is something like this for example:

www.mywebsite.com/mypage.php

I believe the rewrite rule is failing because of the PHP in the URL.

Is there anything that can be done to get around this?

Thanks for reading.

Derokorian

Use RewriteCond, instead of listing all the extensions to not rewrite, tell it simply to not rewrite valid files and/or paths. Here is what I use for that:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond &#37;{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.+) $1 [L]

#More rewrite rules here
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?cont=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]

Derokorian

Oh and another option would be to build the external links with target="_blank" instead of pointing to a local page which redirects outward, just have the link outward with this attribute to tell the browser that the link should be opened in a new window/tab.