Apache rewrite returns error 500

Question

I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong with this .htaccess rewrite:

Options -Indexes

RewriteEngine  on
RewriteBase    /test/site/
RewriteOptions MaxRedirects=10

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /test/site/public/page.php?rel=$1 [NC,L,B]

I have an Front end script that handles all of the requests. In my case I don't need or have index.php/index.html file in my root project (/test/site/). That causes Apache to throw 403 error because of the first line of the code.

The code will work only if you access the links as follows:

http://localhost/test/site/public/index
http://localhost/test/site/public/something/else/index.html

But if you enter

http://localhost/test/site/public/

It'll throw 403 error.

I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong but I can't figure it out.

Answer 1

Well, your RewriteRule does not apply because that path you are trying is a directory. As set up, your .htaccess redirects things that are neither.

You will need an additional rule or a custom 403 page to handle directories. You may also change your condition to files only. In other words, remove the second RewriteCond line. Which you do depends on what you want to happen for a directory path.