CSS and JS shouldn't be re-writing

Server Config
1

Hello!

I’m taking my first stab at creating a mini-MVC to better understand the concepts behind such a design. I’m using:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %[REQUEST_FILENAME] !-d
RewriteCond %[REQUEST_FILENAME] !-f
RewriteCond %[REQUEST_FILENAME] !-l


RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]

to rewrite my URLS and it works great except for my css and js files. I thought that the “!-f” line would take care of these, but if I run a script with:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="public/css/default.css" />

then, I think that it’s still treating my link as something to be rewritten. Any help with this would be appreciated.

2

Indeed it should. Are you sure the CSS URL is correct? Perhaps it should be /css/default.css? What makes you think it’s rewriting your link?

3

I just noticed a syntax error. You should be using curly braces, not square brackets.

%{REQUEST_FILENAME}

4

That fixed it! And, for someone who doesn’t typically work with Rewrites, for future debugging of this sort, is there a file that I could have viewed that would have told me that there was a syntax error?

5

kruet,

No, there isn’t. The best thing you can do is SEE any redirection by using the [R=301] flag to test.

Regards,

DK

6

Thanks for the tip!