Simple problem with mod_rewrite in the Fat Free Framework

Question

I am trying to setup and learn the Fat Free Framework for PHP. http://fatfree.sourceforge.net/

It\'s is fairly simple to setup and I am running it on my machine usi

Answer 1

In your .htaccess you have 'index.php' it needs a slash ... '/index.php'

# Enable rewrite engine and route requests to framework
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l          
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f          
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d          
RewriteRule .* /index.php [L,QSA]    

otherwise when it tries to rewrite /about/ it will look for /about/index.php instead of just the root /index.php

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I just had another thought.. it 'is' possible that althought mod_rewrite is intalled there may be a quirk with the server causing it not to rewrite..

If the global route below doesnt work you might want to test the rewrite

RewriteRule ^/google http://www.google.com [L,NC];

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You could also try a global route for the directory

F3::route('GET /about/*','about');

but that means anythin under domain.com/about/ ...... anything ... will reroute to the about function...

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A note about mod_rewrite and FF

As you said, FF is givikng you a 404 because it is expecting '/' instead of '/index.php'... However, it is the index.php which is expecting the difference..

To demonstrate that, i believe you can duplicate your

F3::route('GET /','home');

as

F3::route('GET /index.php','home');

and the page should display...

The reason for this is if you just go to the / directory (or /index.php) eitehr way apache servesx the index.php page....

The mod_rewrite allows you to redirect the /about and have it redirect to the index.php.. So if your rewrite rule is not working then the redirect/rewrite does not happen and you will get a 404...

As i mentioned above, test the mod_rewrite with the google rule.. then try to go to http://localhost:80/google if it does not redirect you to google then your rewrite engine is not working... (probably an issue with the windows configuration..)

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to enable mod_rewrite under windows: Open your http.conf Find this line:

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

remove the comment mark (#) from the line... so you have: LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so Save the file and restart apache..

Alternatly.. I think you can just say:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

at the start of your htaccess file...