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I would like to use localhost/projects/project1/page/x instead of localhost/projects/project1/index.php?page=x. But after I had redirected the URL in .htaccess using RewriteRule, it returned my 404 error page.

Here is my code:

ErrorDocument 404 /projects/project1/pagenotfound.php

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^projects/project1/page/([0-9]*)$ /projects/project1/index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA,NC]

SOLUTION

ErrorDocument 404 /projects/project1/pagenotfound.php

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]*)$ /projects/project1/index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA,NC]
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  • Temporarily add an R=302 flag on the RewriteRule (it will now externally redirect, rather than internally rewrite, and make it easier to debug) - do you see the redirect? Do you still get the 404?
    – MrWhite
    Commented May 14, 2015 at 0:49
  • What happens when you get rid of QSA in your flags? After all, the friendly url has no query string attached to it.
    – Mike -- No longer here
    Commented May 14, 2015 at 6:49
  • Still not working. I tried added R=302 flag and still get the 404. Also tried it without QSA, still get 404.
    – Márton Juhász
    Commented May 14, 2015 at 21:53
  • And when you add the R=302 what URL are you redirected to? ...What URL triggers the 404? /projects/project1/index.php?page=0?
    – MrWhite
    Commented May 14, 2015 at 23:41
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    If you are seeing localhost/projects/project1/page/1 in the browsers address bar, after adding the R=302 flag then the redirect/rewrite is not happening. Is mod_rewrite enabled? Is AllowOverride set appropriately in your server config? Where is your .htaccess file located?
    – MrWhite
    Commented May 15, 2015 at 14:15

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My .htaccess is in the same directory as the index.php, so: localhost/projects/project1/.htaccess

That's the problem, or rather your RewriteRule pattern is the problem, depending on how you look at it.

In .htaccess (per-directory) files, the per-directory prefix is first removed from the URL before matching against the pattern. So, if your .htaccess file is at /projects/project1/.htaccess, then your RewriteRule pattern needs to exclude /projects/project1/ from the start (for the same reason you remove the / prefix from the pattern when in the document root). In other words...

RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]*)$ /projects/project1/index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA,NC]

Or, move your .htaccess file to the document root.

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    @MártonJuhász If an answer "works" it is both polite and helpful to vote the answer up, as well as accepting it.
    – Fred Gandt
    Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 18:36
  • @FredGandt Thanks, much appreciated. However, a user requires 15+ rep in order to "vote up", even on answers to their own questions unfortunately.
    – MrWhite
    Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 21:00
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    My derp; completely forgot. I'll vote the question up too, and hope they get back to you ;-)
    – Fred Gandt
    Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 21:03

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