mod_rewrite woes :(

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:04 pm (14 years, 9 months ago)

this has me really confused...I have this in .htaccess:

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule /download/([0-9]+) /scripts/download.php?prod=$1

but for some reason visiting /download/1 causes an error 404. I can't see anything wrong with my code, any ideas?

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Is download a directory? Where is the .htaccess file?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:12 am (14 years, 9 months ago)

yes, download is a directory...here's the directory structure:

Code:

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Yes, but where is the .htaccess file? In the download directory?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:03 pm (14 years, 9 months ago)

no...as shown in my lovely diagram, the .htaccess file is in /public_html/ (at my site's root)

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Does it work any better in the download directory? If not, try getting rid of the directory...

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:50 pm (14 years, 9 months ago)

tried both...no difference Sad

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Are you sure the .htaccess file isn't being ignored or something? Try putting some code in which should produce a 500 error, and see if it does. Also make sure mod_rewrite is installed on your server.

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:04 pm (14 years, 9 months ago)

mod_rewrite is installed, and the .htaccess also sets the php include_path...so it's not that

Junior WebHelper Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 7

how can you test if mod_rewrite is installed?

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

phpinfo should show it Smile

http://www.4webhelp.net/scripts/php/phpinfo.php