url rewriting not working on one.com provider

Question

Currently i am trying to get url rewriting to work on one.com hosting provider which is a pain and support don't understand the issue, so i was thinking of asking here if you may assist me finding the issue.

I'm using this rewriterule which worked on localhost but not with the provider:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ index.php?key=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ index.php?key=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ index.php?key=$1&seo=$2
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ index.php?key=$1&seo=$2

</IfModule>

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www\.mysite.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

and in index:

if($key=='post') //Cant include $seo here because the variable differ for 
                 //each post on the site
{
include('post.php'); // Post page
}

Then in post.php ofc i take the seo GET variable to display the post content on the page.

complete url www.mysite.com/post/test-test-test

The error i end up with is 404

Not Found

The requested URL /post/test-test-test.php was not found on this server.

So basically what i understand is that it tries to enter a folder named /post/ and look for the file test-test-test.php

So i believe it doesn't include the rewrite rule, or can you find an error in the rewrite rule which worked on localhost?

You are correct in the assumption that no rewrite is being done, as it would show `index.php was not found on this server` otherwise. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/869092/how-to-enable-mod-rewrite-for-apache-2-2 for more information. — Sumurai8, Aug 25 '14 at 06:35
@Sumurai8 That site seems to be about enabling it on localhost where you have access to the server. I'm trying to get it to work on my hosting provider where i have no access at all to the server. — Jim Sundqvist, Aug 25 '14 at 11:04
Then follow the steps that do not require access to httpd.conf and see if it works. If it doesn't, you have to contact your hosting provider. — Sumurai8, Aug 25 '14 at 11:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '14 at 11:13

You need to rearrange your rules and for adding .php extension make sure a file with .php exists:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

# ignore rest of the rules for files and directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ index.php?key=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ index.php?key=$1&seo=$2 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1\.php -f [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

</IfModule>

url rewriting not working on one.com provider

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