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Jay Wick
Jay Wick

Reputation: 13707

RewriteRule to bypass CakePHP

I am trying to setup my .htaccess file to send the user to a separate folder on my webspace unrelated to CakePHP. It is unrelated to the logic of the site and mostly for testing, deployment hooks etc. so CakePHP routing is not what I'm after.

I want users who go to mysite.com/test to access a /test folder at the public html level that my hosting gives me (instead of looking for a TestsController).

This is what I have in the root .htaccess

Options -Indexes

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^test/?$ test/ [L]
    RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
    RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
</IfModule>

And yet entering mysite.com/test warns me 

Error: TestController could not be found.
Error: Create the class TestController below in file: app/Controller/TestController.php

I thought RewriteRules work top down with the [L] ignoring subsequent lines. However this doesn't seem to be the case. Removing the app/webroot references is the only way I can access the test/ folder (i.e ignoring CakePHP even exists).

What am I doing wrong here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 346

Answers (1)

Marty Mulligan
Marty Mulligan

Reputation: 1174

One option would be to use a RewriteCond on your cake app rewrite rule. Something like:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/test/
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
#RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]

Upvotes: 1

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