Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error

Question

I'm getting the following error in my CakePHP application:

Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace., referer: http://projectname.dev/

My .htaccess in the root folder, looks like this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteRule    ^$ app/webroot/    [L]
   RewriteRule    (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

and in the app folder:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule    ^$    webroot/    [L]
    RewriteRule    (.*) webroot/$1    [L]
</IfModule>

and in the webroot folder:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /projectname
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

I was following this tutorial:

http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/getting-started.html

score 105 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 08 '21 at 20:09

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I just found a solution to the problem here:

https://willcodeforcoffee.com/cakephp/2007/01/31/cakephp-error-500-too-many-redirects.html

The .htaccess file in webroot should look like:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

instead of this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /projectname
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

edited Jul 08 '21 at 20:09

Abraham

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answered Apr 06 '13 at 12:26

Stephen

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for cake 2.4.1, the .htaccess is the one in the folder which contains app, lib, plugins, vendor; not the app/webroot. also the one important change is to add the `RewriteBase /`... the other parts of the .htaccess may not match and that is fine. – Kinjal Dixit Oct 11 '13 at 16:09
Great solution yaar... I happens in my codeigniter, centos 6 environment, thanks. – Anil Kumar Pandey Oct 31 '14 at 19:04
How would you fix this for Windows – Bala Peterson Dec 08 '14 at 20:01
I can confirm as of 1/23/2016 that this works. Thanks. My .htaccess was previously: ` RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L] ` – Tim Selaty Jr. Jan 24 '16 at 02:01
I just had to un-comment this line 'RewriteBase /' in my .htaccess , thx u!! – DarkteK Mar 27 '20 at 01:37
Thanks! It worked for me, you saved me a lot of time! – Èric Tramunt Nov 27 '20 at 11:26
Worked like a charm for me Windows 10 / Wampp / Yii2 I set up it as advanced local website – Alex Jul 15 '21 at 10:26
Working like a charm – jalpa Aug 18 '23 at 11:40

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 14:11

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//Just add 

RewriteBase /
//after 
RewriteEngine On

//and you are done....

//so it should be 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L]

answered Mar 22 '18 at 14:11

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belem · Answer 3 · 2021-11-05T17:39:48.180

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i solved this by ~~http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2007/01/31/cakephp-error-500-too-many-redirects/~~ just uncomment or add this:

RewriteBase /
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]

to your .htaccess file

edited Nov 05 '21 at 17:39

answered Aug 22 '19 at 10:28

belem

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Dead link. No coffee? – cloudsurfin Nov 04 '21 at 05:33
i'm going to take some – belem Nov 05 '21 at 17:37

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 13 '16 at 04:05

This error occurred to me when I was debugging the PHP header() function:

header('Location: /aaa/bbb/ccc'); // error

If I use a relative path it works:

header('Location: aaa/bbb/ccc'); // success, but not what I wanted

However when I use an absolute path like /aaa/bbb/ccc, it gives the exact error:

Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.

It appears the header function redirects internally without going HTTP at all which is weird. After some tests and trials, I found the solution of adding exit after header():

header('Location: /aaa/bbb/ccc');
exit;

And it works properly.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 11 '21 at 08:58

Following the cakePHP official documentation, the .htaccess should be like this:

https://book.cakephp.org/2/en/installation/url-rewriting.html

   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
    </IfModule>

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 05 '21 at 02:01

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simply removing the rewrite base in the internal .htaccess file fixed mine . like a had an htaccess file in my root directory simply linking to an index page in the public directory which is in my root folder then i had another htaccess file rewriting each request to the index page in that same public folder , and removing the RewriteBase fixe mine . as shown below

this is the first .htaccess file in the root directory

answered Oct 05 '21 at 02:01

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 23 '23 at 03:56

In our codeigniter with apache environment, we need to add .htaccess at to root level of application. Below is the .htaccess content;

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

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