What does this .htaccess code mean?

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .* ./index.php

I think i开发者_如何学Got means if the url doesn't match a file or directory on the server go to /index.php?

Can anybody confirm?

Yes is the short answer. But usually ./index.php has an [L,QSA] suffix/qualifier, so the query part of a URI request is also passed on to it.

What this is doing:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

If it can't find a directory with the name

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

If it can't find a file with the name

RewriteRule .* ./index.php

Load the index.php next to the .htaccess file.

To answer Anthony's question regarding what would happen if it where removed^{1 2},

It would try and access the directory or file. If it fails, instead of defaulting to the index.php it would simply give the default web servers 404 error.

Right now, it allows the application to either show the default page, or handle the request through it in some fashion.