RewriteRule in Apache with Symfony2 not removing app.php

Question

I have the following .htaccess file in my web directory for my Symfony2 installation:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{R         


        

Answer 1

That rewrite rule is not meant to remove app.php from the URL. It's purpose is to use app.php for every request, if a request URL doesn't correspond to a real file. Since app.php is a real file, it will be used to serve a request.

If you want get rid of web/app.php part, first create a virtual host pointing to the web folder:

    ServerName whatever
    DocumentRoot /path/to/project/web

This will remove the web part.

Then, to remove the app.php part, add this to the beginning of the web/.htaccess file:

RedirectMatch permanent ^/app\.php/(.*) /$1