rewriterule in htaccess to match certain file extensions

Question

How can I look for an instance for certain file extensions, like .(jpg|png|css|js|php), and if there is NOT a match send it to index.php?route=$1.

I would like to be abl

Answer 1

Add an extra RewriteCond to exclude the conditions that you don't want rewritten. Use a ! before the regular expression to indicate that any files matching should fail the condition. The RewriteCond below is untested, but should give you an idea of what you need:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(jpg|png|css|js|php)$

Answer 2

Have you tried reversing the logic? Something like

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule \.(jpg|png|css|js)$ - [L]

This will not do a rewrite for any file with a .jpg, .png, .css, or .js extension. Then add your existing rules so that non-file, non-directory requests get rerouted to index.php.