Apache mod rewrite httpd.conf issue

[markwss]

Hi,

Looks like Apache httpd.conf needs to be setup differently for mod rewrite to work.

This the setting for DocumentRoot that made it work for me:

DocumentRoot "D:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs"
<Directory "D:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs">

#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# ​http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All

Order Allow,Deny

Allow from All

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Require all granted

</Directory>

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks for contributing this.

[Jeff McKenna]

Moving to MS4W 4.0 release. (I wasn't able to test these proposed changes in time for the 3.1.4 release)

[Jeff McKenna]

Does the same issue occur with MS4W 3.2.0 ?

[Jeff McKenna]

Does the same issue occur with MS4W 3.2.6 release? https://ms4w.com/download.html

[TC Haddad]

I haven't yet tested 3.2.6, but I can report that I've been using mod_rewrite successfully for a while (over a year?).

I use the default MS4W settings for DocumentRoot, and then only add the changes needed for mod_rewrite to the directory that needs the rewrites.

In other words, I think these settings could be added to the documentation for people who want to turn on mod_rewrite, but for default MS4W users, I think the default settings are appropriate.

my settings are:

DocumentRoot "/ms4w/Apache/htdocs"

<Directory "/ms4w/Apache/htdocs">

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Require all granted

</Directory>

followed further down by:

#
# Configure MS4W locations and directories
#

# (after other MS4W Directory settings)

<Directory "/ms4w/apps/someappthatneedsrewrites">

Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase / #whatever your app needs here
RewriteRule #some rule depending on what you need to implement

</IfModule>

</Directory>

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks for those notes, very helpful. I've added a section to the README with an example for mod_rewrite and mod_alias https://ms4w.com/README_INSTALL.html#apache-mod-rewrite-mod-alias-usage

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