500 Internal Server Error on local host xampp

Question

I am trying to build an app using Laravel framework.

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

I checked httpd.conf to check if mode_rewrite was not commented.I have also tried changing the AllowOverride "None to "All" in httpd.conf file. Can anyone help me please?

The .htaccess file is shown below:

Options -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On

# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Any errors in the Apache's log? – user9869932 Jul 31 '15 at 00:59 — user9869932, Jul 31 '15 at 00:59
/.htaccess: Options not allowed here – Mo Obaid Aug 03 '15 at 14:32 — Mo Obaid, Aug 03 '15 at 14:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

Although this is an old post, nonetheless I experienced this same issue on OSX and I was able to resolve it with the solution I found here on stack as follows:

I ran the following commands in terminal.

sudo chmod -R 755 laravel_project

and then ran the following to give laravel permissions to write to storage folder

chmod -R o+w laravel_project/storage

NOTE: Before running this in terminal, ensure the xampp welcome page "http://localhost/dashboard" is functional, else it might be something different

500 Internal Server Error on local host xampp

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