[.htaccess]mod_rewrite won't work.. [Fixed]

[EliteGM]

Hi,

On my website I use mod_rewrite, but I've transferred it from my own comp to my host.
So in the correct folder (/public_html/thamob.nl/cms/) I've created a .htaccess file, with:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)/$ /news.php?article=$1
RewriteRule ^/articles/$ /news.php

So on my own comp I've just done (almost) the same in httpd.conf in my apache folder, but in my host it needs to be put in a .htaccess

But this won't work on my host..
I've contacted the owner but the reply still awaits..

*EDIT*
If I try the .htaccess method on my own comp, it doesn't work either.

Any tips?
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[MentaL]

[foxx]

try

RewriteBase /cms

[EliteGM]

Didn't work =(

[Daevius]

Make sure you have the extension called 'mod_rewrite' turned on. If you use WAMP, go to the speed-ish icon in your task bar, left click -> Apache -> Apache Modules -> rewrite_module should be turned on.

[EliteGM]

Did you get the part that I told this is all on my host, not on my own PC.
On my own computer i'm 100% that it's on.

p.s: I use XAMPP.

[chrisli75]

Hi,

On my website I use mod_rewrite, but I've transferred it from my own comp to my host.
So in the correct folder (/public_html/thamob.nl/cms/) I've created a .htaccess file, with:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)/$ /news.php?article=$1
RewriteRule ^/articles/$ /news.php

So on my own comp I've just done (almost) the same in httpd.conf in my apache folder, but in my host it needs to be put in a .htaccess

But this won't work on my host..
I've contacted the owner but the reply still awaits..

*EDIT*
If I try the .htaccess method on my own comp, it doesn't work either.

Any tips?

Try

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)/$ /news.php?article=$1
RewriteRule ^/articles/$ /news.php

[Daevius]

"If I try the .htaccess method on my own comp, it doesn't work either."

Must've misunderstood...
Then your server has it turned off, probably. If it works somewhere, then the code is correct ;)

[admLoki]

Then your server has it turned off, probably. If it works somewhere, then the code is correct ;)

No and no again. If mod_rewrite is off apache will throw a 500 error.

Try this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /cms/

RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)$ news.php?article=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^/articles$ news.php [NC,L]

[EliteGM]

@Daev:
I'm sure it's turned on because in my public_html there's a htaccess file with mod_rewrite code too, so it redirects everything to the correct map (/~user_name/something.php TO: /~user_name/domain.com/something.php).
That's an auto-generated file.

EDIT:
@AmdLoki:
Still get a 404 Not Found >(

[EliteGM]

FIXED IT!

Looked through and through and found out that:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)/$ /news.php?article=$1
RewriteRule ^/articles/$ /news.php

Will look in / which is public_html which will redirect to domain.com/public_html/
So now this:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^articles/(.*)/$ news.php?article=$1
RewriteRule ^articles/$ news.php

Works!
I've removed the slashes so it won't look waay back in the root but just in it's current folder.