How do I get mod_rewrite working on Heroku?

Question

I'm trying to rewrite a URL using the following rule:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ /curation.php?id=$1 [L]

and this is an .htaccess file I created:

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ /curation.php?id=$1 [L]

but when I push it to my Heroku server, I get a 500 Internal Server Error on all pages. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Sounds like you may not have mod_rewrite loaded on the server — Jon Lin, Sep 11 '13 at 14:03
Thanks for the reply, how do I load mod_rewrite on the server? — Taimur, Sep 11 '13 at 14:16
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10144634/htaccess-invalid-command-rewriteengine-perhaps-misspelled-or-defined-by-a-m/10144709#10144709 — Jon Lin, Sep 11 '13 at 14:42

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 15:13

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I think the main problem is you rewrite rule

try something like:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^([^/]+) index.php?id=$1 [L]
</IfModule>

answered Sep 11 '13 at 15:13

Manuel van Rijn

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 17:06

If you have mod_rewrite loaded, and your rules are in an htaccess file in your document root. The rules that you have are causing an infinite loop. You need to add a condition or two to prevent that:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/curation\.php
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ /curation.php?id=$1 [L]

Or

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ /curation.php?id=$1 [L]

How do I get mod_rewrite working on Heroku?

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