mod_rewrite is enabled, but not working

Question

I'm trying to get a PHP routing library set up. They give this example for a .htaccess file:

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

I couldn't get this to work, so I tried enabling mod_rewrite, but it says "Module rewrite already enabled".

Why is it not working properly? Thanks! I'm running Ubuntu Precise 12.04, and apache2.2.22. (Checked for any updates)

EDIT: A couple more details, it's a PuPHPet vagrant build, rewrite should be enabled.

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 29 '21 at 13:40

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You need to allow the overwrite.

<Directory "/path/to/document/root/">
  AllowOverride All

</Directory>

edited Apr 29 '21 at 13:40

user162687

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answered Feb 17 '14 at 11:49

Evenbit GmbH

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This is unnecessarily permissive. Only `AllowOverride` is necessary for the configuration in question. `Allow from All` has nothing to do with the question and may not be appropriate for @randomdev's environment. – Mark Dec 19 '15 at 16:15

metamorph · Answer 2 · 2017-09-13T00:49:25.940

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First of all, set your httpd configuration to this (the path may differ with one another. In my ubuntu it's placed at /etc/apache2/sites-available/default):

DocumentRoot /var/www

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>

After that, you should enable mod_rewrite with this command:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

The last one, restart your apache service:

sudo service apache2 restart

To ensure that, you can check it again from phpinfo in Configuration > apache2handler > Loaded Modules there must be written mod_rewrite and it means mod_rewrite is enabled.

edited Sep 13 '17 at 00:49

answered May 14 '14 at 04:38

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Should this be in a virtual host element? – jjxtra Jun 23 '19 at 01:54
You can see some example in [Apache Virtual Host Example](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/examples.html) – metamorph Jun 24 '19 at 07:02

Damjan Pavlica · Answer 3 · 2018-08-29T10:45:58.930

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I had the similar problem, but the other answers did not helped me. This line at the begining of .htaccess solved my problem:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews

edited Aug 29 '18 at 10:45

answered Aug 28 '18 at 18:39

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This did not help me either. Tried this and everything else and still got 404, a2enmod says module already enabled and I also have restarted my whole server a few times. – bxyify Nov 20 '20 at 09:09

Daniel Katz · Answer 4 · 2021-05-10T18:42:35.370

My problem was that I didn't have RewriteEngine on set early on in the file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName &URL&
        ServerAlias *.&URL&

        ServerAdmin &EMAIL_ADDRESS&

        DocumentRoot            /var/www/&URL&/public

        RewriteEngine on

        # LogLevel: Control the severity of messages logged to the error_log.
        # Available values: trace8, ..., trace1, debug, info, notice, warn,
        # error, crit, alert, emerg.
        # It is also possible to configure the log level for particular modules, e.g.
        # "LogLevel info ssl:warn"
        LogLevel                debug

        ErrorLog                /var/www/&URL&/storage/logs/apache2_error.log
        TransferLog             /var/www/&URL&/storage/logs/apache2_transfer.log

        <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|html|php)$">
                SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
        </FilesMatch>

        # <------------  Here I used to have `RewriteEngine on`

        # Handle Front Controller...
        RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^ /index.php [L,QSA]

</VirtualHost>

I dont know why but it helped when I placed RewriteEngine on higher up.

mod_rewrite is enabled, but not working

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