rewrite rule on apache2 .htaccess file

Question

I have problems making successfully a rewrite rule for my Webapplication (CodeIgniter) with mod_rewrite.

In my ".htaccess" file, I have the following rewrite rules:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^[css|js|fonts](/.*)?$ /static$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

But the 1st rule doesn't work, neither I know if the rule was correct.

I want first:

/css/* -> /static/css/*
,/js/* -> /static/css/*
/fonts/* -> /static/fonts/*

and anything else

/index.php/

The second rule seems to work. But the 1st rule makes me headache.

Answer 1

First rewrite doesn't match because regex is wrong. The URL your rewrite should match is something like this:

/css/path/filename.css

so your regex should first match the first / character. Then, don;t confuse alternation with a character class. If you want express an alternation you need a group, it means rounded brackets instead of square brackets.

Last but not least, the second rewrite doesn't match the first / too, I suppose it worked because even if the slash is doubled the PHP code, in some way, will handle it. Honestly, after all I had no time to test my suggestion, but please try with this:

RewriteRule ^/(css|js|fonts)(/.*)?$ /static$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]