Getting 404 Not Found error while trying to use ErrorDocument

Asked Oct 06 '12 at 13:47

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I know this thread has been talked a lot on the web and here, and I tried almost all the methods, but still I'm having the same problem.

This is my url on my local server ( MAMP )

http://localhost:8888/hellothere/index.php

And I've tried to insert a wrong path to take me to wrong page , like below :

http://localhost:8888/hellothere/eiurgiuerib

Instead of taking me to Error Page it shows :

Not Found

The requested URL /hellothere/eiurgiuerib was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

My 404 page is inside of the Error directory. And inside my .htaccess file I have included this :

ErrorDocument 404 /Error/404.php

asked Oct 06 '12 at 13:47

user1725155

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The custom error page is not working. So what should I do ? – user1725155 Oct 06 '12 at 14:06
can you show your folder schema? – StaticVariable Oct 06 '12 at 14:17
Please don't use images to show text data. It's saying that /Error/404.php can't be found -- Check spelling, capitalization, and directory and file permissions. You should be able to invoke 404.php from the browser address -- is it found? – Phil Perry May 19 '14 at 17:00

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The ErrorDocument directive, when supplied a local URL path, expects the path to be fully qualified from the DocumentRoot. In your case, this means that the actual path to the ErrorDocument is

ErrorDocument 404 /hellothere/error/404page.html

answered Oct 06 '12 at 14:47

StaticVariable

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One more think , If in my index.php page I just add this line of code " header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); " It won't take me to 404 page, why is that ? – user1725155 Oct 06 '12 at 14:56
@user1725155 you should read this article [custom 404 not working](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5914120/php-header-404-not-working) – StaticVariable Oct 06 '12 at 15:00
Many thanks, I was repeatedly trying to beat this into apache from the server root and not the document root. – dotParx Feb 08 '19 at 15:43

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When we apply local url, ErrorDocument directive expect the full path from DocumentRoot. There fore,

 ErrorDocument 404 /yourfoldernames/errors/404.html

edited Oct 04 '14 at 10:44

NullPoiиteя

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answered Mar 08 '13 at 06:19

karthik k

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