Rewriting every URL to index.php using .htaccess

Question

I'm trying to catch every URL and rewrite it to index.php. I have the following code in my .htaccess right now:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule .* index.php

It does rewrite every URL, but I always get a 404 saying the index.php file cannot be found. The path it is looking for the file is correct though. What am I doing wrong here?

Update 1

When I directly browse to index.php, it does correctly display the file. Very strange.

Update 2

I turned on logging for mod_rewrite using this in httpd.conf:

RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite.log
RewriteLevel 3

This is what it logged:

strip per-dir prefix: /Users/rits/Sites/test/ -> 
applying pattern '.*' to uri ''
rewrite '' -> 'index.php'
add per-dir prefix: index.php -> /Users/rits/Sites/test/index.php
internal redirect with /Users/rits/Sites/test/index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT]

Niet the Dark Absol · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-11 13:12:55Z

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I'm fairly sure this is because it is trying to rewrite index.php to index.php infinitely.

Try the following instead:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !index\.php
RewriteRule .* index.php

That should prevent rewriting to itself, and hopefully fix your problem.

answered Dec 11, 2011 at 13:12

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Niet the Dark Absol Over a year ago

Hmm, okay. I'm not really sure what could be causing the problem, then. I'm used to redirect errors causing HTTP 500 errors, not 404. Erm... What happens if you try this: RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?file=$1?

FluffyKitten · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-11 14:47:11Z

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This is the .htaccess from one of my websites that I set up to redirect everything to the index page and it works for me, if you'd like to try it:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteOptions MaxRedirects=10
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !index\.php
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.mywebpage.com/ [R=301,L]

answered Dec 11, 2011 at 14:47

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rekire · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-11 14:52:12Z

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Try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourwebpage.com/$1 [L,R=301]

edited Dec 11, 2011 at 14:52

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answered Dec 11, 2011 at 13:15

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biegleux · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-23 07:16:17Z

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This is the content of .htaccess file I have and works:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

edited Sep 23, 2012 at 7:16

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answered Sep 11, 2012 at 8:20

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