I have an apache2 installation on my local linux server. It has a virtual host called pcts.local
which has the root /var/www/repos/pcts/
. Inside the root of pcts.local is a .htaccess file which attempts to rewrite urls to include .php if it isn’t given like below:
http://pcts.local/ -> http://pcts.local/index.php
http://pcts.local/contact -> http://pcts.local/contact.php
The problem is, http://pcts.local/contact
gives an error 404 but http://pcts.local/contact.php
gives 200.
Virtual Host Configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName pcts.local
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/repos/pcts
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
.htaccess file in /var/www/repos/pcts/
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
Thanks in advance of any help!
2
Answers
In your code, REQUEST_FILENAME is expecting a file with a php extension to perform the rewrite.
Try this instead:
If this is your complete config then your
.htaccess
file is not being processed.You’ve not enabled
.htaccess
overrides for the specific directory. (ie. You’ve not enabled the parsing of.htaccess
files.).htaccess
overrides are disabled by default.However, you’ve not enabled access to this area of the filesystem either? Have you done this elsewhere in the server config?!
You should have a relevant
<Directory>
section like the following inside the<VirtualHost>
container:You can restrict
.htaccess
overrides further if required (see the reference link below)Reference: