Apache mod_rewrite only if request does not start with '/THEMES/'

Question

I\'m writing a CMS in PHP, and now I\'m working at the themes feature. I have a .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ index.p         


        

Answer 1

Do something like:

RewriteRule ^THEMES - [L]

That means: if the request starts with THEMES, just serve it.

Another possible solution is:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 

That means: do not rewrite if the request resolves to an existing file (first line) or directory (second line).

Maybe you should read the documentations, is really well written.