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.

Solution 1

You need to allow the overwrite.

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

</Directory>

Solution 2

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.

Solution 3

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

Comments

[Mark]

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.

[Abhishek]

<Directory "/path/to/document/root/"> I forgot to change /path/to/document/root/ to my project root.Thanks!

[jjxtra]

Should this be in a virtual host element?

[5d41402abc4]

You can see some example in Apache Virtual Host Example

[Entretoize]

The only reply that helped me.

[bxyify]

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.