How to configure htaccess file for Cake 2.3.x on 1and1 shared hosting

.htaccess, apache, cakephp, mod-rewrite, regex

Solution

Setup your rules like this:

.htaccess in DOCUMENT_ROOT

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule (.*) mycakeapp/$1 [L]

.htaccess in DOCUMENT_ROOT/mycakeapp

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /mycakeapp/
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]

.htaccess in DOCUMENT_ROOT/mycakeapp/app

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /mycakeapp/app/
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]

.htaccess in DOCUMENT_ROOT/mycakeapp/app/webroot

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /mycakeapp/app/webroot/

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

Problem

Using the default cakephp htaccess file setup will not work on my domain when I want to install my Cakephp app in a subfolder, while everything works on localhost (xampp) target => http://example.com/mycakeapp Install needs 3 htaccess files: root .htaccess ``` #.htaccess in root <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /mycakeapp RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L] RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L] </IfModule> ``` In app .htaccess ``` <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /mycakeap RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L] RewriteRule (.*) app/ webroot/$1 [L] </IfModule> ``` In webroot .htaccess ``` <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /mycakeapp RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L] </IfModule> ``` Following CakePHP's documentation, and Using these htaccess files, I get error500 results. Using RewriteBase / instead of /mycakeapp will throw 404 error page. PHP is in 5.4 version. How can I solve this?

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