C:/xampp/htdocs/.htaccess: RewriteRule: bad flag delimiters - XAMPP/Windows

Question

I installed XAMPP on my Windows PC. I created a simple static pages and created .htaccess file in c:\xampp\htdocs.

.htaccess file content is:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^about-us$ about-us.php [L]

I am getting 404 for the below page: http://localhost/mysite/about-us/

Anyone help me to identify whats wrong with the .htaccess file.

Answer 1

It worked when I moved my .htaccess file from htdocs to htdocs/mysite