Htaccess Rewriterule

[reNkai]

Hi I was wondering which is more advisable to use:

 

RewriteRule .* index.php

or

RewriteRule !\.(js|ico|gif|jpg|png|css)$ /index.php

 

I guess I am just trying to understand the difference between routing all requests to index.php vs routing all but a few select file types.

 

There some security difference here?

 

Thanks!

[TCH-Andy]

To me, it depends on what you want to achieve.

 

If you want to allow some files to be seen, then you would use the later. If you want to prevent access to any file other than the index file, you would use the former.

 

The former is potentially more secure ( assuming the index file is secure ), but only if other files / areas that someone could reach are insecure.