.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine'

Question

I have this error when trying to browse php files locally

[Fri Apr 13 19:16:40 2012] [alert] [client 127.0.0.1] C:/AppServ/www/hr-website/.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration, referer: http://127.0.0.1/

what is the problem ?

Answer 1

or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

Check to make sure you have mod_rewrite enabled.

From: https://webdevdoor.com/php/mod_rewrite-windows-apache-url-rewriting

1. Find the httpd.conf file (usually you will find it in a folder called conf, config or something along those lines)
2. Inside the httpd.conf file uncomment the line LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so (remove the pound '#' sign from in front of the line)
3. Also find the line ClearModuleList is uncommented then find and make sure that the line AddModule mod_rewrite.c is not commented out.

If the LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so line is missing from the httpd.conf file entirely, just add it.

Answer 2

Also make sure php is enabled by uncommenting the

LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

line that comes right after

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Make sure both those lines in

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

are uncommented.

Answer 3

Just Follow Simple 1-2-3 Steps :

1) Go to Taskbar

2) Click on WAMP icon (Left Click)

3) Now Go to Apache > Services > Apache Module and check Rewrite_module is enable or not ! if its not then click on it ! WAMP will be automatically restarted and you're done !

Answer 4

This comment from verybadbug under question helped me:

ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load

After that we need restart Apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

Answer 5

Under Apache 2+ you can simply do as below (Using Linux Terminal):

sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo service apache2 restart

or

sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Answer 6

I can see that your using AppServ, mod_rewrite is disabled by default on that WAMP package (just googled it)

Solution:

Find: C:/AppServ/Apache/conf/httpd.conf file.

and un-comment this line #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Restart apache... Simplez