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apache.htaccessurl-rewriting
user1846065
user1846065

Reputation:

htaccess rewrite - 404 on existing file

So I have the following rewrite in an htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]

Whenever I try to go to http://domain/index I get a 404, but when I try to go to http://domain/index. or even a non-existent page like http://domain/a, the rewrite works just fine and index.php var_dump()s the appropriate values.

The only code in index.php is var_dump($_GET);, so I know it's not a php issue.

Can someone explain to me what's wrong with my rewrite rule, and explain how to fix it?

EDIT: I forgot I had error logging enabled. The error it keeps saving to error.log is:

[Sun Feb 24 21:01:18 2013] [error] [client 192.168.1.1] Negotiation: discovered file(s) matching request: /path/public_html/index (None could be negotiated).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1532

Answers (2)

Ian D. Allen
Ian D. Allen

Reputation: 221

When MultiViews is enabled (Options +MultiViews), the Content Negotiation module looks for files that match index, but .php files don't qualify for a match, so it fails with None could be negotiated. You can add .php handlers as matches using:

MultiviewsMatch Handlers Filters

as documented in MultiviewsMatch.

Upvotes: 1

Felipe Alameda A
Felipe Alameda A

Reputation: 11799

By the error, it seems MultiViews is enabled.

You may try this at the top of the file:

Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews

Additionally, I suggest the following:

# Prevent loops
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/? index.php?page=$1 [L]

MultiViews provides for Content Negotiation, best described here

Upvotes: 3

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