.htaccess included with XF?

[Deleted member 745]

Hi,


Could one of the developers please explain what these lines do in the .htaccess file?

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data|js|styles|install) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

 

[Floris]

Whenever anything is matching the condition, rewrite it - except a few dirs

It makes index.php?this/that to be just /that/<id> url pretty

 

[Kier]

Essentially, the rules say:

If the request is something that is
- not a known file OR
- not a known link OR
- not a known directory
Then take the whole request from start to finish
Unless it's for something in the data, js, styles or install directories
And pass it to index.php

 

[Deleted member 745]

Thanks guys that cleared it up for me - a lot.