[FIXED] .htaccess RewriteRule skip URI that has query params

Issue

I'm attempting to re-route all traffic on a local wordpress instance (ran by MAMP) from

localhost:8080/mydomain to localhost:8080/mydomain/dashboard with an exception. I don't want to re-route the URI if it has query parameters like this:

localhost:8080/mydomain/?post_type=ignition_product&p=23&preview=1 . The query paramater p will change.

I've read this In Depth Guide to mod-rewrite, but I'm still having issues.

I have made an attempt but I think it's brutally wrong:

// done by wordpress
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /mydomain/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /fundblack/index.php [L]

// added by me
RewriteCond ...need help here trying to ignore if there are query params... 
RewriteRule ^mydomain/?(\w+)$ - [L]

RewriteRule ^mydomain/$ mydomain/dashboard
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Update

Albert's answer worked perfectly. Now I'm actually hosting the website on a server. The domain address is like this:

subdomain.subdomain.mydomain.com

is simply did this, but it's not working:

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dashboard.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}%{QUERY_STRING} !^/post_type=ignition_product&p=.*&preview=1$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dashboard/$1 [R=301,L]

what could be the problem?

Solution

You don't two rewrite rules, just two conditions in the .htaccess inside /mydomain/ folder:

RewriteBase /mydomain/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mydomain/dashboard.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}%{QUERY_STRING} !^/mydomain/post_type=ignition_product&p=.*&preview=1$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dashboard/$1 [R=301,L]

The first condition prevents infinite loops if you try to access directly localhost:8080/mydomain/dashboard/anything and the second condition exclude URLs with that query string for any value of the p parameter (note that the missing ? is not a typo because it's not included in the composed %{REQUEST_URI}%{QUERY_STRING}).

Also you don't need to use /mydomain/ in the rule since you previously have RewriteBase /mydomain/.

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Edit: For putting it in your final domain remove the RewriteBase since is not needed and put the / directly in the rule (I use it in the first answer because you have it defined in your original .htaccess):

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/dashboard.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}%{QUERY_STRING} !^/post_type=ignition_product&p=.*&preview=1$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /dashboard/$1 [R=301,L]

Answered By - Alberto Martinez