Apache expands REQUEST_FILENAME with filetype
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I have a .htaccess fil on a Apache22 server.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /index.php?p=$1 [L]
The idea is when the request is /testpage it should be rewritten to /index.php?p=testpage.
The problem is that apache does a write before my file, so the actually request is testpage.xml which actually does exists. 
Therefore, the first RewriteCond is newer true, and my rewrite rule is never applied on the /testpage request.
There server should be a standard setup on a FreeBSD server. I know this work on other servers.
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