Zend Framework, Rewrite Rules, Apache
Most of the Zend Framework documentation I’ve read recommends a rewrite rule that looks something like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !\.(swf|js|ico|gif|jpg|png|css)$ index.php
Why not use a more elegant rule that looks like this:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php
This rule basically says: If it’s not an existing file, and it’s not an existing directory - pass the request through index.php.
This allows you far more flexibility when you want to host non-framework files, or a whole slew of other media types that are not listed in your apache configuration.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008