htacces is not redirecting

Question

I have root file and in root file public => index.php.I created .htaccess in root and wrote this code

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^public RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]

to redirect from root to public/index.php but it is not working. localhost is wamp(apache)

root file public ? That could mean anything, please show exact folder structure — RiggsFolly
– RiggsFolly, Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 12:51
Thanks for showing your efforts in your question. Could you please do let us know from which url to which url you want to redirect more clearly, kindly add that info in your question. — RavinderSingh13
– RavinderSingh13, Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 12:52
You .htaccess file in in the code folder and not the public folder. I would guess that the public folder is your DocumentRoot or at least it probably should be — RiggsFolly
– RiggsFolly, Commented Nov 14, 2020 at 13:05

RavinderSingh13 · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-15 06:40:48Z

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If I get your question correctly, could you please try following. This simply checks if REQUEST_URI is null then move further to rewriterule to redirect it in backend to index.php file

RewriteEngine ON RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/index.php [L]

IMHO When you are using public/$1 in right side of your rewriterule $1 is empty since it's REQUEST_URI value is NULL because you are hitting base url, so its better to write /public/index.php there.