mod_rewrite is not working, tried all possible ways

Question

I swear am not able to get this, i read 10 tutorials but unable to make it work...I wanted pretty urls so my directory structure goes like this

localhost/my_website/home.php?page=dashboard

I have an .htaccess file in my_website folder with these rules

#Redirect To Default Login Page
DirectoryIndex login.php

#Block Directory Listing
IndexIgnore * 

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^page/([^/\.]+)/?$ home.php?page=$1 [L]

But when I type this http://localhost/my_website/home/dashboard I actually do not get anything

What I get is

The requested URL /my_website/home/dashboard was not found on this server.

should be here somewhere http://localhost/my_website/home/dashboard — Luca Rainone, Jan 06 '13 at 11:35
@chumkiu doesn't work either, that's why am so damn confused, I don't see any reason why the hell this is not working — Random Guy, Jan 06 '13 at 11:36
you must use this URL in browser http://localhost/my_website/page/some_url/ — seyed, Jan 06 '13 at 11:38
@chumkiu and if I type `http://localhost/my_website/home.php/dashboard` than I get `http://localhost/my_website/home.php/home.php?page=dashboard` — Random Guy, Jan 06 '13 at 11:38
Firtst, be sure if .htaccess is enabled in apache conf (try to write invalid syntax in htaccess and see if it give you an internal server error) — Luca Rainone, Jan 06 '13 at 11:39
¿Are `home` and `dashboard` in `http://localhost/my_website/home/dashboard` dynamic or fixed strings? — Felipe Alameda A, Jan 06 '13 at 11:39
@FelipeAlamedaA `home.php` is the page, `page=dashboard` is the GET — Random Guy, Jan 06 '13 at 11:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '13 at 11:48

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You may try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*  my_website/%1.php?page=%2 [L,QSA]

It will map silently:

http://localhost/my_website/anything1/anything2

To:

http://localhost/my_website/anything1.php?page=anything2

I assumed home and dashboard in the question are variables (Can be anything).

answered Jan 06 '13 at 11:48

Felipe Alameda A

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@Yassine Houssni I know, but that name can be changed tomorrow and it's better than using a fixed string. Same happens with the value of page. – Felipe Alameda A Jan 06 '13 at 13:24
ahhh right right, that is indeed way better! thanks for the tip!! – Jan 06 '13 at 14:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · 2013-02-06T08:35:34.307

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This is what you will need:

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteRule ^my_website\/home\/([a-z0-9_-]+)?$ my_website/home.php?page=$1 [L]

edited Feb 06 '13 at 08:35

answered Jan 06 '13 at 11:54

mod_rewrite is not working, tried all possible ways

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