Excluding files from htaccess rewrite rules

Question

I have an htaccess rewrite setup in my PHP application to route files via the bootstrapper file. In essence, the goal is to take a URL such as www.domain.com/view/key/value

Answer 1

You should move your new rule atop the RewriteCond block:

RewriteRule ^/?ajaxDispatcher.php$ - [L]

Otherwise the RewriteConditions don't cover the extensions RewriteRule anymore, for which I assume they are intended.

Another alternative is turning it into another RewriteCond of course:

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_NAME}  !ajaxDispatcher

Or injecting it as assertion into the final RewriteRule (?!ajaxDispatcher.php).

The ordering thing is best explained on Serverfault: https://serverfault.com/questions/214512/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-mod-rewrite-rules-but-were-afraid-to-as