mod_rewrite check if file exists

I've made some mod_rewrite in order to have pretty urls.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/([a-z]+)$ /$1.html [L]

How can I check that the page $1.html exists before I redirect to it?

/Jacob

Jacob wrote:
> How can I check that the page $1.html exists before I redirect to it?

With a condition

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond /var/www/$1.html -f
RewriteRule ^/([a-z]+)$ /$1.html [L]

Assuming /var/www is your document root.

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Robert

Thanks!

Is something like this possible:
RewriteCond $DocumentRoot/$1.html -f

/Jacob

Jacob wrote:
> Is something like this possible:
> RewriteCond $DocumentRoot/$1.html -f

%{DocumentRoot}, yes, but rely on it only, if you know that it contains
the correct value. E.g. in cases of using ViatualDocumentRoot, the ENV
would be empty. And if you're using the rule only in one virtual host,
you can safe a ENV lookup.

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Robert

the ENV is %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}, with an underscore.

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Robert