Error 404 on virtual hosts using custom .htaccess files

Question

I installed apache2 on my local Linux server. It has a virtual host named pcts.local and its root directory is /var/www/repos/pcts/. Within the root of pcts.local is a .htaccess file which attempts to rewrite the url to include .php if not given as follows:

http://pcts.local/ -> http://pcts.local/index.php
http://pcts.local/contact -> http://pcts.local/contact.php

The problem is, http://pcts.local/contact gives error 404, but http://pcts.local/contact.php Out of 200.

Virtual host configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName pcts.local
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/repos/pcts

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

The

.htaccess file is in /var/www/repos/pcts/

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(. )$ $1.php [NC,L]

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

In your code, REQUEST_FILENAME requires a file with a php extension to perform the rewrite.

Try this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ .php [NC,L]

Answer 2

If this is your complete configuration, your .htaccess file will not be processed.

You have not enabled .htaccess overrides for a specific directory. (That is, you have not enabled parsing of .htaccess files.) By default, .htaccess overrides are disabled.

But you didn't enable access to this area of ​​the file system either? Have you done this elsewhere in the server configuration? !

You should have a related section inside the container like this:

<Directory /var/www/repos/pcts>
    # Enable .htaccess overrides
    AllowOverride All

    # Allow user access to this directory
    Require all granted
</Directory>

If desired, you can further restrict the .htaccess overrides (see reference link below)

refer to:

• https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4 /mod/core.html#allowoverride