Current path: www-data/newsites/
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Default index
DirectoryIndex index.php
# If accessing index.php directly, allow it
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
# --- NEW: Redirect directory access (if no index.php inside) to root index.php ---
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.php !-f
RewriteRule ^.*$ /index.php [L,R=302]
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# If the file or directory does not exist, route to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>