Question

I was making a .htaccess file to run a framework that I was testing, but when I tried to access to my localhost, the folder where is located the framework’s files didn’t show up.
If I try to access, requesting the localhost/my_hidden_folder/ this fires a 500 error, internal server error.

This behaviour is result of some wrong configuration with my apache|.htaccess, I’m pretty sure because the same .htaccess in another server works fine.

Here is my .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]

And here is my default file from /etc/apache2/sites-available:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www
    <Directory />
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride None
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/>
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride All
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/entrega2>
            AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www/unlp>
            AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
            AllowOverride None
            Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
            Order allow,deny
            Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log

    # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
    # alert, emerg.
    LogLevel warn
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Both folders, /var/www/unlp and /var/www/entrega2 have the same .htaccess file, and both are hidden.

The most basic redirect in the .htacces file doesn’t work, in my localhost, but in the server works. Maybe I have a module disabled?

Answer 1

Try to run phpinfo() to make sure the mod-rewrite is activated.
Create simple php file in your web root folder, which contains:

<?php
  phpinfo();
?>