htaccess RewriteRule doesn't work - .htaccess

Question

I am working in yii framework and try to rewrite url using htaccess file
this is my file
(at first step I am trying to work with a simple rule)
RewriteEngine on
# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^carguide$ MainModel/index/304 [NC,L]
# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php
# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php
I want to rewrite url carguide to mainModel/index/304,
but no meter what i tried the yii receive the orliginal url and raise 404 error.
here is the log file:
strip per-dir prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/carguide -> carguide
applying pattern '^carguide$' to uri 'carguide'
RewriteCond: input='C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/carguide' pattern='!-f' => matched
RewriteCond: input='C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/carguide' pattern='!-d' => matched
rewrite 'carguide' -> 'MainModel/index/304'
add per-dir prefix: MainModel/index/304 -> C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel/index/304
strip document_root prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel/index/304 -> /cars/MainModel/index/304
internal redirect with /cars/MainModel/index/304 [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
add path info postfix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel -> C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel/index/304
strip per-dir prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel/index/304 -> MainModel/index/304
applying pattern '^carguide1$' to uri 'MainModel/index/304'
add path info postfix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel -> C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel/index/304
strip per-dir prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel/index/304 -> MainModel/index/304
applying pattern '.' to uri 'MainModel/index/304'
RewriteCond: input='C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel' pattern='!-f' => matched
RewriteCond: input='C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/MainModel' pattern='!-d' => matched
rewrite 'MainModel/index/304' -> 'index.php'
add per-dir prefix: index.php -> C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/index.php
strip document_root prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/index.php -> /cars/index.php
internal redirect with /cars/index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
strip per-dir prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/index.php -> index.php
applying pattern '^carguide$' to uri 'index.php'
strip per-dir prefix: C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/index.php -> index.php
applying pattern '.' to uri 'index.php'
RewriteCond: input='C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/index.php' pattern='!-f' => not-matched
pass through C:/xampp/htdocs/cars/index.php
I tried to change the flags, add a RewiteBase.

Answer 1

As I can see you don't need to use .htaccess to create a particular rewrite rule for each page of your site. It's enough to use simple .htaccess as proposed here and then configure your rewrite rules using Yii's URL manager.
UPDATE
If your controller's name is mainModel and your action's name is index (in terms of Yii the route is mainModel/index) and you want this page to be accessable through http://yoursite/carguide then your configuration of URL manager in protected/config/main.php could look like this:
'urlManager' => array(
'urlFormat' => 'path',
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => array(
'carguide' => 'mainModel/index',
)
),
UPDATE
Please refer to this page for configuration properties supported by Yii's URL manager class.