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Adam Duffield
Adam Duffield
30,494 Points
Posted by Adam Duffield
Adam Duffield
30,494 Points

Using Rewrite rules in apache with Xampp on windows, keep getting errors?

Hey,

I've been trying to nail rewrites for months now in several different ways! I've tried almost every tutorial I can find online. I've opened up the http config file changed the overides to all and made sure that the mod rewrite rule is uncommented but i still get server error when i restart xamp and uncomment my htaccess file.

Heres my htaccess code below:

Rewrite Engine on
RewriteRule ^/?profile\.php$ index.php [L]

If anyone could help with this I would be amazed! I've been trying and failing with this one for a long time.

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Adam,

You have a space in the Rewrite Engine directive.

Have you tried it without the space?

Adam Duffield
Adam Duffield
30,494 Points
Adam Duffield
Adam Duffield
30,494 Points

But on a more serious note! haha, cheers for that Jason! I've been trying to do this for a long time! Apache is so incredibly picky with its syntax! and all the error messages I've had over months have probably not helped me either!