CakePHP .htaccess mod_rewrite configuration to exclude a particular folder/url - .htaccess

Question

I have a CakePHP installation in a sub folder in my server, I want to install another application inside that subfolder:
root/public_html/subfolder/cake/
root/public_html/subfolder/app/
etc. now I need a custom application installed there:
root/public_html/subfolder/my_custom_application/
I have something like this in my .htaccess:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
How can I configure it to exclude the "my_custom_application" folder from that rules?
I tried this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule ((?!my_custom_application).*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
But I get this:
Error: The requested address '/y_custom_application' was not found on this server.
Thanks in advance.
Mauricio.

Answer 1

How to Exclude a Directory from CakePHP Routing:
I ran into the same problem as you. I struggled, but finally found something that worked.
(I'm replying because the answer above didn't work for me, but this did).
My directory structure:
root/public_html/app/
root/public_html/lib/
root/public_html/plugins/
root/public_html/vendors/
root/public_html/directory_to_exclude/
What I added to CakePHP's default routing:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/directory_to_exclude/(.*)
Effectively, I needed to allow people to access the subfolder separately (since that has a separate application). Also, in my case, I'm serving a CakePHP application by default from the root directory.
So here's what my CakePHP 2.x htaccess looks like:
Updated .Htaccess (this works for me)
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/directory_to_exclude/(.*)
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
In your case, I understand you need this to work in a subfolder; here's my adjusted htaccess I didn't have a chance to test this, but I believe this (or something close) will work:
The Final Product (for a subfolder)
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/subfolder/directory_to_exclude/(.*)
RewriteRule ^$ subfolder/app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) subfolder/app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 2

Put this before the RewriteRule lines:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my_custom_application

Answer 3

You have to replace dir_to_exclude by your dir name.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(?:dir_to_exclude)(?:$|/)
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(?:dir_to_exclude)(?:$|/)
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
If you want to have more than one excluded directory you have to add them separated by |additional_dir_to_exclude
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(?:dir_to_exclude|additional_dir_to_exclude)(?:$|/)
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(?:dir_to_exclude|additional_dir_to_exclude)(?:$|/)
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>