Install and configure mod_rewrite for Apache 2 on Mac OS X for Zend Framework 2

Question

I getting started with zend framework 2 and they have a prerequisite of an installation and configuration of mod_rewrite for apache. Apache 2.2.22 came pre-installed on Mac

Answer 1

If you are serving your site from ~/Sites, the trick for me was modifying my /private/etc/apache2/users/USERNAME.conf file. Initially, the content was:

    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all

Changing AllowOverride to all and then restarting the server with a quick sudo apachectl restart enabled me to start using mod_rewrite in .htaccess files living beneath ~/Sites.