RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .*$ /no_picture.png [L]
Let's break it down as to what each line means.RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)$ [NC]
Check to see if the requested file is of a file extension in the parentheses ()
. In this case, we're testing to see if the file name ends in either .jpg
, .jpeg
, .gif
or .png
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
Check that the file is not there and it's also not a directory.RewriteRule .*$ /no_picture.png [L]
If a requested resource/file passes all those tests, then it's an image that does not exist. So serve back the image of no_picture.png
to the browser. This will keep the filename. If you want to redirect to the no_picture.png
filename, change [L]
to [R]