Why doesn't rewrite work in htaccess when there is an existing directory?

Question

htaccess

Hello. Tell me please. There was a problem. If the directory exists, then the redirect in the .htaccess file is not performed
. eg
RewriteRule ^news/$ news.php [L]
is not executed if there is a news folder, there is no folder, no problem.
Maybe somewhere in the apache settings the problem.
Help me decide please.

Answer 1

Check if something like
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d is above
And if another RewriteRule c [L] doesn't fire before

Answer 2

I only have
RewriteRule ^news/$ news.php [L]
The rule doesn't work if the directory exists. In the logs, it goes to the actual location of the folder. Doesn't work like for example with MultiViews, those. the rule set by MultiViews is executed, and the mod_rewrite rules are ignored.