.htacces trouble

[lewisoconnor88]

Hi everyone,

I've been developing my site locally with XAMPP and normally remove the php extension from the url, just for cleaner urls.

the .htaccess file has:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA]

This works great locally, but online i get:
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.


Really don't know why it would make a difference being on a server??

Any help is greatly appreciated

Lewis

[vv.bbcc19]

The site can work with even an empty .htaccess file.This is from my experience.
But being a really powerful tool,.htaccess is to be edited very carefully.
Here is a basic tutorial.
Though a bit lengthy, it is a nice way and easiest of all I knew.
This could help you if you follow it and that works on X10.

[Teensweb]

@ vv.bbcc19 :
He probably knows about empty .htaccess and clearly says what he wants to acheive, if you can point out what's the mistake in his code, it would make more sense-no offence.
I'm not sure about this but did you try adding:
Options +FollowSymlinks
?

[descalzo]

After RewriteEngine on, add a line

RewriteBase /

It is because of the shared server set up.

[lewisoconnor88]

Guys, thank you all for your help!

Adding "RewriteBase /" worked great, thanks very much descalzo.

\m/

Lewis

[indie(Function)]

I just followed this example, and this is my code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA]

However, http://www.indieFunction.com/radio/ returns a 500 Internal Server error... does anyone have any tips?