[wp-hackers] Index.php

[Ryan McCue]

RePost wrote:
> Also, I'm wondering, what is the index.php for in the WordPress
> permalinks rewrite, and is that necessary?
>
> # WordPress permalinks
> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
> </IfModule> 

Absolutely necessary. It redirects a request for any file or directory
that doesn't exist to index.php, where it's then handled within WordPress.

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Ryan McCue
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