htaccess rewrite issue while testing on localhost

Question

I'm running OSX (10.6) with Apache with .htaccess enabled.

In the htaccess file I have the code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^page/([A-Z0-9._%+-]+) index.php?page=$1 [NC]

This runs perfectly on my external server and redirects nicely to index.php?page=whatever

However when testing locally from localhost/~james/In%20Progress/Vila%20Maninga/page/whatever I get redirected to localhost/~james/Users/James/Sites/In%20Progress/Vila%20Maninga/index.php?page=whatever. For some reason 'Users/James/Sites/' is being added.

Does anyone why this is happening and how to prevent it?

Many thanks,

James

Answer 1

Not 100% sure this is the problem, but try adding this to your .htaccess file

RewriteBase /

(substitute / with whatever path you like)