Rewrite request to a sub directory - php

Question

I have a web application in a directory suppose xyz. I am trying to redirect all requests to a sub directory www. My current .htaccess code is:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) /www/$1 [L]
But, when I visit http://example.com/xyz/some_url the request is redirected to http://example.com/www/some_url rather http://example.com/xyz/www/some_url which I want.
Update: Sorry, I forgot to mention the directory xyz as in my case is likely to renamed. So, this directory doesn't need to be hard coded in the rewrite rule

Answer 1

Place this rule in /xyz/.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /xyz/
RewriteRule ^((?!www/).*)$ www/$1 [L,NC]

Answer 2

If your DocumentRoot does not contain the xyz path then you'll need to specify in the RewriteRule.
E.g.: RewriteRule (.*) /xyx/www/$1 [L]

Answer 3

This should work or be close I think:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)/([^/]+)$ $1/www/$2 [L]

Answer 4

Use a relative path and two .htaccess files
You need only remove the leading / to rewrite to a url relative to the current folder:
# /xyz/.htaccess
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) www/$1 [L]
This will rewrite /xyz/foo to /xyz/www/foo.
To prevent redirect loops add a .htaccess file to the www subfolder e.g.:
# /xyz/www/.htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
Adjust as appropriate.