500 Error on apache server - "AllowOverride not allowed here"
.htaccess, apache, httpd.conf, macos, php
Solution
`AllowOverride All` doesn't belong in the htaccess file. It's used in the server config (httpd.conf) to set what an server config parameters an htaccess file can override. So obviously, it would be wrong to be able to configure what parameters htaccess files can override from within htaccess files.
Remove it from your htaccess file. You've already defined `AllowOverride All` in your httpd.conf in the right places.
Problem
I have set up a server on my Mac (OSX 10.9) but it's returning a 500 error with the following message in the error log… ``` [alert] [client ::1] /Users/user/Sites/mysite/.htaccess: AllowOverride not allowed here ``` Here's the code in my .htaccess file ``` Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews AllowOverride All # Turn mod_rewrite on RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteMap lc int:toLower RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} [A-Z] RewriteRule (.*) ${lc:$1} [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^i/(.*)/(.*)-(.*)$ /items/?id=$1&range=$2&type=$3 [L,QSA,NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^c/(.*)$ /category/?menu=$1 [L,QSA,NC] ``` And here's the relevant httpd.conf code (let me know if there's anything else that would help) ``` DocumentRoot "/Users/user/Sites/mysite" <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order deny,allow Deny from all </Directory> <Directory "/Users/user/Sites/mysite"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ``` Any ideas?