Having problems rewriting a folder location with Mod Rewrite - apache

Question

I have the below code in my .htaccess file, this all works fine.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$
RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*),(.*)$ $2.php?rewrite_params=$1&page_url=$2
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*(.*) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
RewriteRule ^stores/([0-9a-z.-]+)/?$ shop.php?shop_id=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^stores/([0-9a-z.-]+)/ajax_files/watch_item\.php$ ajax_files/watch_item.php [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^stores/([0-9a-z.-]+)/ajax_files/save_field\.php$ ajax_files/save_field.php [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^stores/([0-9a-z.-]+)/images/form-cb-icons\.png$ images/form-cb-icons.png [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^group-break/([0-9]+)/[0-9a-z.-]+/?$ group_break.php?cb_id=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^group-breaks/([a-z]+)-[a-z-]+/?$ group_breaks.php?tab=$1 [L,NC]
However I'm trying to add a new rule at the bottom which is this:
RewriteRule ^billing/client/login/?$ login.php [L,NC]
However this doesn't appear to work. Not sure if it matters or not but the billing directory also has a .htaccess file which may be overwriting it? The contents of that file are below:
<Files ~ "\.(pdt)$">
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Files>
# Protect against Clickjacking
#Header append X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
RewriteEngine on
# Force HTTPS
#RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
#RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=307,NE,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)/install.php$
RewriteRule install.php %1/install/ [R=301,L]
I wanted to put my code in the root .htaccess file as the one inside the billing dir is for other software which may get overwritten.
Can this be done?

Answer 1

Yes your guess is right. If /billing/.htaccess exists with some rewrite rules then you need to add this rule in /billing/.htaccess file:
<Files ~ "\.(pdt)$">
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Files>
# Protect against Clickjacking
#Header append X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
RewriteEngine on
# Force HTTPS
#RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
#RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=307,NE,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)/install.php$
RewriteRule install.php %1/install/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^client/login/?$ /login.php [L,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L]