Getting 404 error when viewing CakePHP 3 app on 1and1 - apache

When I attempt to hit my site which is at mydomain.com/subfolder, I get a 404 (from Apache).
/subfolder/.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
/subfolder/webroot/.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>
To confirm that mod_rewrite works, I added this in the /subfolder/.htaccess file which promptly redirected:
Redirect 301 / http://other-domain-owned.com/
So, .htaccess are live and mod_rewrite works.
On my development environment, I was able to make the site work in the same /subfolder by symply enabling .htaccess files for that folder via a Directory directive.
Some tutorials say to add RewriteBase / but this didn't help.

Instead of RewriteBase, you can also use an absolute path. Additionally, the first two rules can be simplified to one
RewritRule ^(.*)$ /subfolder/webroot/$1 [L]
Similar the second part
RewriteRule ^ /subfolder/webroot/index.php [L]
Finally, Redirect and RewriteRule are from different modules. So, if one of the directives is working, this is no proof for the other one working too.

Related

rewrite problems (htaccess)

Having some experience with procedural php I watched some tutorials about OOP and the MVC model (with php). Things start to get more clear and I wanted to put the theory to practice.
The tutorial I'm following works with an app folder and a public folder, both subfolders of the root directory. There's an index.php file in the public folder and a htaccess file that redirects all requests (in the public folder) to none existing files to index php. The code in that file is:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -Multiviews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /public
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
That works fine.
In the root folder there is also a htaccess file with the purpose of redirecting all url requests to the public folder (in case /public/ is not in the url. The code in that file is:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
That goes wrong, and it's the second RewriteRule that causes the problems. If I for example browse to
www.mywebsite.com
the browser redirects to www.mywebsite.com/public/index.php
But if I browse to www.mywebssite.com/shop (shop is not an existing file) I suppose the browser redirects to www.mywebsite.com/public/index.php?url='shop', but instead there is an internal server error. It seems to be the second RewriteRule that causes the problem.
What could be the problem?
I am on mobile I haven't tested it but looks like you could be reaching out to maximum redirect limits here why because your condition in your root htaccess isn't looking good to me, try this once.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/? [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Issues in OP's approach: You haven't mentioned any condition to when it should redirect so it doesn't know when to stop hence it's creating a loop here IMHO.

Need to remove a specific folder from .htaccess mod-rewrite redirect rules

I'm using some software that sits in the /var/www/html folder and manages URL redirects through .htaccess (the software isn't Wordpress, but it manages URL redirects in a similar way).
I need to carve two folders (/var/www/html/folder1 and /var/www/html/folder2) out from the redirect rules, which are at the very bottom of the .htaccess file. I read through a ton of documentation but can't seem to make the following work in .htaccess (which sits in /var/www/html):
Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
#force HTTPS
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
#carve out these folders
RewriteRule ^/folder1($|/) - [L]
RewriteRule ^/folder2($|/) - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$
RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</IfModule>
When I go to the directories in question (eg. https://example.com/folder1), I get: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /folder1/ on this server.
Any ideas?
I can't comment as I'm new but do the two folders have any sort of index page? Otherwise you will get a 403 response because you have disabled indexes at the top of your file excerpt.

CakePHP - I keep getting 500 Internal Server Error messages, with the occasional 404 when trying to fix

I've been working with cakePHP for a while now, and there's an error that keeps appearing occasionally that I have been unable to find a fix for.
The issue is, in some servers cakephp seems to return a 500 Internal Server Error, even when the same software works in most other servers. This has become an issue because apparently the error is now appearing in GoDaddy servers, which, being the most common server, is what I would expect many of our customers to use. Also I know this isn't a coding issue since the error will appear both with our software and with new, empty cakePHP packages as downloaded from here.
That said, I have already tried changing the .htaccess files to fit what described here, to no avail. As of this moment the .htaccess files for the test (codeless, should only output a cakephp release notes page) install look like this:
The one on /caketest/ (That's the subfolder I'm installing on):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
# Rewrite Base: The Base Path For Domain
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
The one on /caketest/app/:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1/ [L]
</IfModule>
The one on /caketest/app/webroot/:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
With this change to the default cakephp .htaccess files, the 500 Internal Server Error page disappears. However, now I get a 404 page saying:
The requested URL /app/webroot/ was not found on this server.
Then, I tried changing the /caketest/ .htaccess file to match the subfolder it's in:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
# Rewrite Base: The Base Path For Domain
RewriteBase /caketest/
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
But then I start getting the 500 Internal Server Error issue again. I've spent all morning looking over the web for possible solutions to this issue, but I can't seem to find any. Any threads have either gone unanswered or have the same solution I've already tried to no avail. I'm at the end of my wits here, can anyone help with this?
Just keep the default .htaccess. nothing more, nothing less.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
It will remove the statusCode:500 and you are good to continue..

.htaccess trouble with cakephp and addon domain

I'm trying to add an addon domain with its own site to my hosting account which already has a cakephp setup.
I was experiencing a 500 error on the addon domain, but I managed to remove this using the solution at: http://expertsoverflow.com/questions/21345626/htaccess-addon-domain-issue-gives-500-error
Now my .htaccess file looks like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^maindomain\.co.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteCond ^seconddomain\.report [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://seconddomain.report/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Now my addon domain works as expected but my main domain isn't correctly forwarding image/file requests to the app/webroot folder so none of the images and css are loading and no pages work past the first index.
For reference the initial cakephp .htaccess file was:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Any help is appreciated.
Edit: my folder structure:
Main domain:
/public_html/
/public_html/app/webroot/
Second domain:
/public_html/seconddomain/
I managed to solve this by changing the directory of the addon domain.
Rather than having the addon domain in /public_html/seconddomain/ it is now /seconddomain/ in root. Then I'm just using the standard .htaccess files for cakephp in the /public_html/ folder.
I know it is very late but i got a solution for it.
Add the rewrite rule in primary .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} seconddomain.report
RewriteRule seconddomain.report/ - [L]
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Configuring CakePHP .htaccess in Cpanel ~temp/ URL

I'm trying to set up CakePHP 2.x in Cpanel (Hostmonster) while the domain of the site is still pointing to the older server. In order to pull up the site without the domain (for demo), I have to use http://[hosting-IP-address]/~mysite.
This is my default .htaccess file located in the root (the one before app/ folder):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
If I leave it as it is, I get 404 error. When I remove the .htaccess file or leave it blank, the site content loads, but without CSS. The site files are located in /home2/mysite/public_html/ folder. I tried adding RewriteBase with different combinations (~mysite, mysite, mysite/public_html), but no avail.
Try this in htaccess file:-
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteBase /
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Hope it will work!