htaccess - Rewrite all files to index.php except sitemap.xml

Question

I am trying to redirect every php file to index.php except sitemap.xml. The problem is that sitemap.xml is redirected also to index.php. How to redirect all php files to index.php and sitemap.xml to sitemap.php ?

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
    RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ index.php [L,QSA]
    RewriteRule sitemap.xml sitemap/sitemap.php [L]

Answer 1

You need an additional RewriteCond to exclude sitemap.php, otherwise when sitemap.php is requested it will fulfill the two conditions !-d and -f and will again be rewritten to index.php

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(sitemap.php)/
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ index.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule sitemap.xml sitemap/sitemap.php [L]