mod_rewrite - how to strip .php off URLs under certain conditions

[bunner bob]

I'm using the following in .htaccess to strip ".php" off requested URLs:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /.+\.php(\?[^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ http://www.mydomain.org/$1/? [R=301,L]

However, the admin for this site DOES need the .php displayed - e.g.:

http://www.mydomain.org/admin/editSomething.php

How can I alter my above mod_rewrite rule so that it does NOT activate if the request points at the "admin" directory?

Something to do with:
!^admin
but I'm not sure how to work that into the above.

Thanks!

- Bob

[bunner bob]

Anybody?

Or - can someone recommend a better forum for mod_rewrite issues? I realize there isn't a lot of traffic here - perhaps I need to post this question somewhere that there is. Just not sure where that is

- Bob

[svidgen]

You can add a precursory no-rewrite rule for that directory. It would be something like this ...

# rewrite free-directories ...
RewriteRule ^admin/ - [L]
RewriteRule ^images/ - [L]
RewriteRule ^and_so_on/ - [L]

# all other directories get redirected as follows ...
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /.+\.php(\?[^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ http://www.mydomain.org/$1/? [R=301,L]

Make sense?