.htaccess and redirection - anything but this list redirect

Question

How do I say in an .htaccess file that I want to take anything that doesn't match:

main.php
index.php
/images/*
/css/*

and redirect it at the / of the current website?

Answer 1

Try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/main.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/images/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/css/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ / [R=301,L]

Answer 2

Try this:

RewriteRule !(main.php|index.php|/images/|/css/) / [R]

You can "bookend" and of these with ^ and $ if you want them to be more restrictive.

RewriteRule !(main.php$|^/index.php$|^/images/|^/css/) / [R]

You will probably want to add ^/$ into that list as well or you will end up with a redirect loop.