?ACT not working anymore after upgrade from ExpressionEngine 2.2.1 to ExpressionEngine 2.5.3

Question

I am completely stuck as to why my EE install after the upgrade to EE 2.5.3 suddenly does not allow for some standard ?ACT eg search (?ACT=2), sending off a contact form or logout (?ACT=10) from the front end.

Actions get redirected to the homepage.

No additional modules installed after upgrade.

my htaccess file includes just a basic redirect

    RewriteEngine On 
    RewriteCond $1 !\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$ [NC]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
    RewriteRule (.*) index.php?$1 [L]

Cheers

Just to rule out any possibility that the .htaccess is at fault, do the ACT urls work if you remove the .htaccess and access the script with the actual URL? Ex: http://your-domain.com/index.php?ACT=X (The markdown parser is converting my string to a link, but there is suppose to be an "http://" before the domain.) — Justin Kimbrell, Oct 24 '12 at 13:38
Justin- just put backticks around things to avoid them turning into links :) — Adrian Macneil, Oct 24 '12 at 16:31

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 24 '12 at 15:25

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You should probably have the following in your .htaccess instead - this is likely to be the cause.

RewriteRule (.*) /index.php/$1 [L]

Replace your line :

RewriteRule (.*) index.php?$1 [L]

with the above and it should work.

edited Oct 24 '12 at 15:25

mttrb

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answered Oct 24 '12 at 15:05

madebyhippo

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '12 at 14:57

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Usually have these three lines in my .htaccess

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^(ACT=.*)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^(URL=.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

answered Nov 03 '12 at 14:57

Jérôme Coupé

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?ACT not working anymore after upgrade from ExpressionEngine 2.2.1 to ExpressionEngine 2.5.3

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