htaccess help needed

[CYF]

I'm having problems with a script I bought. This is on a freebsd 8.1 machine with apache2.2.17, php5.3.3, mysql5.1.52, and the php5-extensions installed.

The script seems to work fine on linux, and linux VPS. It seems I'm their only freebsd customer so far. Apparently one other guy had the same issue with his htaccess on a VPS but they fixed his .htaccess file.

htaccess works fine on this machine, my other sites are using it, so I'm not sure why I'm having a problem with this.

Any help is appreciated

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ $1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

</IfModule>

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>

# Without mod_rewrite, route 404's to the front controller
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

</IfModule>

[myneid]

what is the problem? what is it not doing?
is mod rewrite on on your server? seems sending errordocument 404 to index.php may make it hard to see if its not turned on

[CYF]

Originally Posted by myneid

what is the problem? what is it not doing?
is mod rewrite on on your server? seems sending errordocument 404 to index.php may make it hard to see if its not turned on

it's a coupon script. Kind of a retailmenot clone. Front page lists popular coupons and stores. Clicking on a coupon is supposed to open the website of whatever company the coupon is for, but the script is redirecting to the index page. Clicking a store name is supposed to open a page on my site listing the coupons for that website/store, but it opens the index page again. Also going to /admin is supposed to open the admin area but once again, it opens the main index.php.

mod_rewrite is indeed installed, I am using it on a wordpress blog.

If I put gibberish in the .htaccess file then I get an internal server error.

[pornophobic]

Originally Posted by CYF

... Also going to /admin is supposed to open the admin area but once again, it opens the main index.php.

What happens when you comment out

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

?
Do you get a 404 error page?
Is the script in a site root, or in a directory?

If your script is in a directory you could try putting the directory name in front of the /index.php like so:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /coupondir/index.php/$1 [L]

Not sure if it will work, hope it helps though.

[CYF]

Originally Posted by pornophobic

What happens when you comment out

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

?
Do you get a 404 error page?

No, nothing changes when I remove that from the htaccess

Is the script in a site root, or in a directory?

they're in a subdirectory.

If your script is in a directory you could try putting the directory name in front of the /index.php like so:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /coupondir/index.php/$1 [L]

Not sure if it will work, hope it helps though.

Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't appear to have any change.

welcome to gfy

[CYF]

any other ideas? I'm really stumped on this.

[CYF]

I tried installing the script on my amerinoc shared hosting. The script worked for the most part but I had an mysql error on the sidebar.

Seems to be related to the htaccess issue on the freebsd dedicated server, but mod_rewrite is enabled and running.

any ideas?

[cooldude7]

i dont know much but u should try with freeelancer, they know a lot.

[cooldude7]

add this

Options +FollowSymLinks


before
RewriteEngine On

[CYF]

Originally Posted by cooldude7

add this

Options +FollowSymLinks


before
RewriteEngine On

thanks for the suggestion, I've tried that but it doesn't seem to help.

[marlboroack]

I wish i had skills like this. Never to late to learn i guess

[CYF]

Originally Posted by marlboroack

I wish i had skills like this. Never to late to learn i guess

I'm digging into it by necessity at this point

[fris]

it would be more helpful if we knew something about the script/cms to make the modrewrite to work.

remember apache 1.3.x and 2.x.x has a diff rewrite system, some rules will work on 2.x.x and not in 1.3.x