HTACCESS | Social Engine | Stop redirecting Root index - .htaccess

I have a install of SocialEngine currently and all urls are processed by .htaccess file that redirects through to the socialengine.php file and processes nice URLs etc.
I am wanting to stop example.com/ been redirected through to the script as I am wanting to put a different index page there. So I want my .htaccess file to process every other file it cant find through the socialengine.php script but keep the root file going to index.php.
So if it’s .com/ it goes to index.php and if it’s anything else it’s processed through the socialengine.php.
Below is my .htaccess file that requires alteration.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
# Get rid of index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /socialengine\.php
RewriteRule (.*) socialengine.php?rewrite=2 [L,QSA]
# Rewrite all directory-looking urls
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /$
RewriteRule (.*) socialengine.php?rewrite=1 [L,QSA]
# Try to route missing files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} public\/ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(jpg|gif|png|ico|flv|htm|html|php|css|js)$
RewriteRule . - [L]
# If the file doesn't exist, rewrite to index
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ socialengine.php?rewrite=1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
Thanks in advance for any replies.

Put the code below straight after RewriteEngine On.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule .* - [L]
Explanation: The first line matches a request to http://example.com/ (REQUEST_URI contains / in this case). The second line passes the request untouched (note the -)
References:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
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The problem with sitemap.xml as it has to be rewritten into sitemap.php rather than into index.php
You would need to put the sitemap rule before the index rule. Rules are processed from top to bottom and once it hits the index rule (because .* would match sitemap.xml), it would stop processing further because of the [L] flag.
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I work with a framework called SilverStripe ... we are currently in the process of migrating an old site onto this framework. The problem is that the old site URLs ended with .php or .html whilst in the new site they don't.
I need to amend the second rewrite rule in such a way that I pump the request to main.php without any .html or .php extensions.
In my current .htaccess I have the following rules:
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Possible solution (still testing):
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)\.php [OR]
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.+)\.html$
RewriteRule (.*)\.html$ /$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]
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The third line checks that the url contains either .html or .php.
The forth line removes .html / .php from the url
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<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex disabled
</IfModule>
SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
RewriteEngine On
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RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
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RewriteRule silverstripe-cache(/|$) - [F,L,NC]
RewriteRule composer\.(json|lock) - [F,L,NC]
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Here is a short solution to the problem
Try the following rule :
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.(html|php)$ /framework/main.php?url=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
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/file.php OR /file.html
to
/framework/main.php?url=$1
pattern explained :
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Try this code:-
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html
Hope this code will work for you :)
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EDIT Now you've mentioned that you have hundreds of these... the above answer is still valid as you can add hundreds of these to the htaccess (I've seen it many times)... however it is very possible also like this...
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RewriteEngine On
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I'm trying to remove the ".php" extension from the URLs of a site using this code (which I admit I copy/pasted from other questions here) in the .htaccess file:
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Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# First we redirect the www to non-www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
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You will be able to access both:
domain.com/index
and
domain.com/index/
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This is my .htaccess file
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Force add trainling slash
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RewriteRule (.*) http://www.foo.bar/$1 [R=301,L]
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I know this is kinda not the best way to go about this, feels like there is too much redundancy but I'm no expert but its working for me. If anyone can give me advise on how to make this more efficient I would highly appreciate it.
Ok so my problem is that I have a real directory at
www.foo.bar/path/to/real/dir
and I want to access a file in that directory, but my rewrite rules aren't letting access that directory unless I make a new rewrite rule redirecting my url to itself.
Check for files symlinks and directories as well (as your first rule):
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [L]

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