.htaccess rewrite regex: match anything but “index”

Question

I\'m trying to create a rule used in a .htaccess file to match anything but a particular string, in this case: index.

I thought that it sho

Answer 1

You can use RewriteConds to do this, for example:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^index
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?what=$1

That will rewrite every URL which doesn't start by index. If you want it to avoid it anywhere in the URL, remove the ^