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Pim van der Heijden
Pim van der Heijden

Reputation: 7970

How to run PHP project with Apache from home folder

Old codeignitor project just won't run due to apache problem. Tried all the solutions found in other posts and other fora, but luck so far. It's a simple problem and I think it has something to do with permissions. Yet the permission settings seem to be fine.

Firstly, the problem. This is what I see in the browser

this is what I see in the browser

This is what I see in the apache logs:

[Sat May 11 10:55:43.026415 2019] [core:crit] [pid 10672] (13)Permission denied: [client 127.0.0.1:38216] AH00529: /home/user_name/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and that '/home/user_name/' is executable 127.0.0.1 - -

[11/May/2019:10:55:43 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 575 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.131 Safari/537.36"

[Sat May 11 10:55:43.314120 2019] [core:crit] [pid 10672] (13)Permission denied: [client 127.0.0.1:38216] AH00529: /home/user_name/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable and that '/home/user_name/' is executable, referer: http://my_php_site.local/ 127.0.0.1 - -

[11/May/2019:10:55:43 -0400] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 403 585 "http://my_php_site.local/" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.131 Safari/537.36"

Note that apache is trying to execute a .htaccess file in /home/user_name/.htaccess

I do have a .htaccess file in the project folder, and think that's the Apache should look for.

Secondly, my environment. Just in case I miss something I will give here my whole configuration.

The project is located somewhere in my /home/user_name/ folder, and not in /var/www/.

File permissions for .htaccess:

-rwxr-xr-x  1 user_name www-data .htaccess

Project folder permissions:

drwxr-xr-x 11 user_name www-data my_php_site

Since the project is in the home folder I have a rule in my /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1       my_php_site.local

The apache config for my site:

<Directory /home/user_name/code/projects/my_php_site>
    Require all granted
</Directory>
<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName my_php_site.local
        ServerAlias my_php_site.local
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /home/user_name/code/projects/my_php_site

        ErrorLog /home/user_name/code/projects/my_php_site/logs/apache2-error.log
        CustomLog /home/user_name/code/projects/my_php_site/logs/apache2-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

And finally, the .htaccess file itself:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4690

Answers (1)

Pim van der Heijden
Pim van der Heijden

Reputation: 7970

Solution

Apache — with user group www_data — must be able to traverse the home folder. This means it needs octal value 5, symbolic r-x. 

chmod 750 /home/user_name

One Stack Overflow post mentions permissions for the project folder, but not for the home folder itself: https://askubuntu.com/questions/325498/apache-cant-access-folders-in-my-home-directory

Following steps can also be necessary, depending on versions and system:

Allow Apache to execute files in the home folder

sudo a2enmod userdir

sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.0.conf Comment this part (put # at the start of each line):

#<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
#    <Directory /home/*/public_html>
#        php_admin_flag engine Off
#    </Directory>
#</IfModule>

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add this:

<Directory /home/*/public_html/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
</Directory>

Upvotes: 1

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