Apache .htaccess, subfolder - apache

Question

I have website on Phalcon and everything works fine (I have SSL) but now I would like to have an access to the forum (https://www.example.com/forum/) but I have a problem with the .htaccess configuration.
Phalcon have the specific config:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
What is the correct configuration for home domain and /forum/ folder?

Answer 1

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^ "http://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI}" [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ "https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI}" [R,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/forum/
RewriteRule ^.*$ public/$0 [L]

Answer 2

Phalcon's root .htaccess file redirects all traffic to /public folder.
What you need to do is add one more condition to your final rewrite rule. Here is portion of my .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Force www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Remove trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
# Forward to public/
RewriteRule ^(forum)($|/) - [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
This RewriteRule ^(forum)($|/) - [L] is the important condition you need to add before RewriteRule ^.*$ public/$0 [L]
Also you can add as much as rules you want to allow multiple folders.
RewriteRule ^(forum)($|/) - [L]
RewriteRule ^(some-other-folder)($|/) - [L]
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