htaccess ignore folder

[FiRe]

I have this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).php index.php?cat=$1&id=$2

This works fine, except when I actually have an admin folder and any file within that folder wont show up. Is there a way for htaccess to ignore the rule when there is a folder named "admin"?

[FiRe]

Managed to solve the problem myself, for future reference use:

RewriteRule ^folder_name/.*$ - [PT]

before any rewrite rule ;-)

[jdMorgan]

Or use a RewriteCond to exclude that folder:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/admin
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.php$ index.php?cat=$1&id=$2 [L]

(with some regular-expressions and efficiency improvements as well.)

Jim

[FiRe]

your way looks neater Jim but I am afraid I run into the same problem, where as it does not recognise the admin folder as being a folder!

[jdMorgan]

I'm sorry -- more details, please?

Jim

[FiRe]

Like:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}!^/admin
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.php$ index.php?cat=$1&id=$2 [L] 

Wont work, but this will:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^admin/.*$ - [PT]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.php$ index.php?cat=$1&id=$2 [L]