.htaccess, proper rewriting of directory and file with same name

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There are two things going “wrong” here, and two ways to fix it.

The first is that apache “figures out” that there is a directory by the name of “portfolio” before the rewrite conditions are applied. That means that the rewrite conditions are receiving “portfolio/” instead of “portfolio”.

Second, the “!-d” rule is specifically avoiding the rewrite that you want to make if there is in fact a directory by that name

Solution 1: Manually re-route requests for the portfolio directory to remove the slash.

# Manually re-route portfolio/ requests to portfolio
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} portfolio/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1 

# Hide extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

Note the removal of the “!-d” condition.

The downside to this is that you are having to hard-code the “portfolio” edge case directly into the rewrite rules, and will still result in the browser being first redirected to portfolio/

Solution 2: Set DirectorySlash Off and remove directory exists test

# Disable Automatic Directory detection
DirectorySlash Off

# Hide extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

Setting DirectorySlash Off would fix this issue the best, but may break other parts of your site where you actually want the auto DirectorySlash. Best of Luck, and I hope this helps.

Note when testing solution 2, your browser may remember the redirect of “portfolio” to “portfolio/” and perform the redirect before it even sends the request to the server. Be sure to test in a cache-clear, clean environment for best results.

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