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Reputation: 2184

What does this apache rewrite directive do?

I came across this directive in a .htaccess file in a laravel project

RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

but I don't understand what it does. here are the surrounding directives.

# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

I understand that its the last rewrite to be made and that^ character to be the anchor for a new line, but there doesn't seem to be a pattern to match?
What does this rewrite directive do?
Does it replace the ^ (start of line) with the string index.php, if so does the rest of the URL get retained or does the entire URL get reset to index.php?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 35

Answers (1)

Rounin
Rounin

Reputation: 29463

In the rewrite directive

RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

^ means [START] (its counterpart is $ which means [END])

Essentially, the directive is pattern-matching any URI which begins with [START].

Obviously, that's all of them.

Upvotes: 1

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