Stop mod_rewrite rule matching, circular execution
I have old.htm and new.htm in a directory and I need to download a .php file every time someone accesses old.htm and downloads old.htm every time new.htm is accessed for some time.
Here are my broken rules:
RewriteRule ^old\.htm$ file.php?%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
RewriteRule ^new\.htm$ old.htm [L]
When referring to old.htm, file.php is called. When new.htm is accessed, old.htm "accesses" again, overwriting it into file.php. So in the end, when new.php is accessed, the .php file is loaded, but I want to stop at old.htm.
Any ideas?
Here RewriteLogLevel 3 outputs if it helps:
old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/old.htm -> old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^old\.htm$' to uri 'old.htm'
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (2) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] rewrite old.htm -> file.php?/arquivoweb/old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) split uri=file.php?/arquivoweb/old.htm -> uri=file.php, args=/arquivoweb/old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] add per-dir prefix: file.php -> D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (2) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip document_root prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php -> /arquivoweb/file.php
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] internal redirect with /arquivoweb/file.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
[rid#200fb20/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php -> file.php
[rid#200fb20/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^old\.htm$' to uri 'file.php'
[rid#200fb20/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php -> file.php
[rid#200fb20/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^new\.htm$' to uri 'file.php'
[rid#200fb20/initial/redir#1] (1) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] pass through D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php
new.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/new.htm -> new.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^old\.htm$' to uri 'new.htm'
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/new.htm -> new.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^new\.htm$' to uri 'new.htm'
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (2) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] rewrite new.htm -> old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] add per-dir prefix: old.htm -> D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (2) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip document_root prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/old.htm -> /arquivoweb/old.htm
[rid#2006ee0/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] internal redirect with /arquivoweb/old.htm [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/old.htm -> old.htm
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^old\.htm$' to uri 'old.htm'
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (2) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] rewrite old.htm -> file.php?/arquivoweb/old.htm
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (3) split uri=file.php?/arquivoweb/old.htm -> uri=file.php, args=/arquivoweb/old.htm
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] add per-dir prefix: file.php -> D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (2) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip document_root prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php -> /arquivoweb/file.php
[rid#200fa90/initial/redir#1] (1) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] internal redirect with /arquivoweb/file.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT]
[rid#20e6c70/initial/redir#2] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php -> file.php
[rid#20e6c70/initial/redir#2] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^old\.htm$' to uri 'file.php'
[rid#20e6c70/initial/redir#2] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php -> file.php
[rid#20e6c70/initial/redir#2] (3) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] applying pattern '^new\.htm$' to uri 'file.php'
[rid#20e6c70/initial/redir#2] (1) [per-dir D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/] pass through D:/dev/www/estadao/arquivoweb/file.php
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