debugging htaccess rewrite that isn't working

Question

I have the following .htaccess file, which should rewrite all non-existent files/folder to index.php. Could someone suggest a way to debug why this wouldn't work? When I go to a non-existent folder I receive a 404 not-found page.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^.*$ ./index.php

when I visit domain.com/ the index.php file shows properly

the .htaccess file is in the same directory as index.php

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 05 '13 at 17:47

First of all, you must ensure that mod_rewrite is enabled and working, otherwise you will keep getting 500 Internal Server Error.

You can check that, simply by using apache_get_modules(). For example,

// File : test.php
<?php

if (in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules()){
   echo 'mod_rewrite is installed and ready to be used';
} else {
   echo 'mod_rewrite is not installed';
}

If it prints that mod_rewrite is installed and ready to be used, then you can use something like this,

    RewriteEngine On

    # I guess you're missing RewriteBase
    RewriteBase /

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

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 05 '13 at 17:03

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Can you try this code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ /index.php [L]

answered Oct 05 '13 at 17:03

anubhava

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Is this placed in DOCUMENT_ROOT with mod_rewrite and .htaccess enabled? – anubhava Oct 05 '13 at 17:04
I'll check, it's a brand new server so could be the culprit – d-_-b Oct 05 '13 at 17:06
did you try to remove `.` so `/index.php` – Oleksandr IY Oct 05 '13 at 17:07
@OleksandrKhavdiy: Thanks yes that was a typo. – anubhava Oct 05 '13 at 17:08
that is really strange. Is .htaccess even enabled? Can you put some garbage text on top of this file and see if it generates 500 error? – anubhava Oct 05 '13 at 17:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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Did you try this

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

EDIT here is post you may be useful Tips for debugging .htaccess rewrite rules

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Oct 05 '13 at 17:12

Oleksandr IY

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Unfortunately, still doesn't work. Maybe my issue is larger than the .htaccess file's content – d-_-b Oct 05 '13 at 17:13
firstly need to make sure that htaccess is enabled – Oleksandr IY Oct 05 '13 at 17:15

debugging htaccess rewrite that isn't working

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