the '.htaccess' file won't work on my apache server

Question

Hi,

I have an Apache server installed on my windows machine using XAMPP. Now I'm trying to use a premade .htaccess file for one of my projects, but it doesn't seem to be seeing it. The project just totally ignores it, even though I've enabled mod_rewrite.

Any idea how I can troubleshoot this? I can't fix it if it just doesn't work and doesn't show me any errors.

Appreciate your help.

Answer 1

In your httpd.conf file, you must enable .htaccess overriding with AllowOverride for the directory where the .htaccess file is (or parent thereof). If it is set to 'None', the .htaccess files will be ignored.