Tips for debugging .htaccess rewrite rules

Question

Many posters have problems debugging their RewriteRule and RewriteCond statements within their .htaccess files. Most of these are using a shar

Answer 1

I'll leave this here, maybe obvious detail, but got me banging my head for hours: be careful using %{REQUEST_URI} because what @Krist van Besien say in his answer is totally right, but not for the REQUEST_URI string, because the out put of this TestString starts with a /. So take care:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/assets/$  
                            ^
                            | check this pesky fella right here if missing