How to rewrite URL rules to the root folder but not its subdirectories?

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I'm creating a vanity URL/ clean urls for my users. The .htaccess rewrite rules are working fine but I'm facing problem with the subdirectories.

Particularly like, when someone types example.com/user it works perfectly fine and fetch data from the page example.com/profile.php?username=user. But when somebody browse,example.com/subdirectory/user, this also shows the content of example.com/profile.php?username=user.

How can I limit the rewrite rules to only my root directory and not its subdirectory so that when someone browse example.com/subdirectory/user they will be redirected to 404 Not found as usual if there is no such file or folder in that subdirectory.

.htaccess code is as follows:

Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1 [L]

Sounds like you used some overly generic RewriteRule copypasta. Impossible to tell without showing that config and/or the rewrite.log — mario
– mario, Commented May 15, 2019 at 7:02
Possible duplicate of What does RewriteBase do and how to use it? — Gulshan S
– Gulshan S, Commented May 15, 2019 at 7:15
So what is wrong in the code what can I change in it so that subdirectories would not rewrite url! — Abhi
– Abhi, Commented May 15, 2019 at 7:17

mario · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-15 07:22:20Z

[^\.]+ is a poor placeholder, that matches almost anything (including path segments).

Since usernames are likely alphanumeric, \w+ is a better fit:

RewriteRule ^(\w+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1 [L]

Btw, typically you'd want more speaking paths like /user/name… rather than having a magic lookup in the site root.

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