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I'm currently on a project which gave me a small headache after trying to find a solution for a tiny problem I've bumped onto.

At the moment, my application loads my index.php file on every single page request it gets. Inside my index, the application fires-up some basic stuff, sets some variables etc. Well, the thing I'm currently looking for is that I would like to let my server load a different file (for example admin.php) as default. But, this only needs to happen when the url sub-directory is set as http://www.mydomain.com/admin/

So the server needs to handle every little thing exactly the same, but when the route is set as /admin/, its needs to autoload the admin.php instead of the default index.php.

Currently my .htaccess file looks like this

# mod-rewrite engine RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

EDIT: To clear things up and visualize it a bit more:

Inside these two file I load a new Zend_Application (ZF1)

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  • You could copy this .htaccess file and put it in the /admin folder with the new rule changing index.php to admin.php Commented May 9, 2014 at 20:56
  • Sorry for me not being clear enough. The index.php and admin.php file are both in the root directory. The application need to switch between the two if /admin/ or not. Hope this makes it more understandable. Commented May 9, 2014 at 21:03

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Have you tried with the following RewriteRule:

RewriteRule ^admin/?$ admin.php [L]

Your .htaccess would look likes:

# mod-rewrite engine RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^admin/?$ admin.php [L] RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

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and if you try the RewriteRules in the following order:

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*(admin).*$ admin.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
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Such a simple addition to my current code, but solved the problem! First entry didn't work, but with the update it works like a charm :D
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This should do the trick:

RewriteEngine On # handle requests to /admin/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/admin/$ RewriteRule ^.*$ admin.php [NC,L] # handle all other requests RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
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I've tried your solution but for some reason it skips you addition and just autoload the index.php. I've tested it by turning index.php and admin.php around with a helloworld echo. It's shows me the helloworld on every page /some/things and loads the index.php only without any additional routes.
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To un-complicate things, you could have used a common boostrap script which would conditionally include the files. For example:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L] RewriteRule ^.*$ bootstrap.php [NC,L]

Then, in bootstrap.php

<?php if(USER_IS_ADMIN){ require('admin.php'); }else{ require('index.php'); }

If you really need to check via htaccess, you might like to see this SOF thread

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Simple and real straightforward solution, but would like to handle it within my .htaccess. I'm not totally sure on which part you're referring in the SOF thread. Can you be a bit more specific?
My bad, it looks like that answer wouldn't help too much in this case. Just had a through read :)
I was trying to make something out of the thread but could figure out what you ment haha. No problem, maybe also my explanation skills arent the best in the world :p
@Wimbjorno I did some search on this. Interesting approach I must say. How about using cookie ? You could add a rewrite condition like for example : RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*user_id=(\d+).*$ [NC]
I've cleared up my question a bit more. I appreciate you help but I'm not sure if you understand my question. Could you please read everthing after EDIT. Hope it make a bit more sense :D

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