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PHP

Posted by Ian Svoboda
Ian Svoboda
16,639 Points

Issue with rewrite rules (localhost)

I am working on a local project and i'm having a problem setting up Rerwrite Rules.

I am doing the project for Enhancing a Simple PHP application, and i've added an .htaccess file, confirmed XAMPP apache is setup for modrewrite in its config files, etc. But i'm still having a problem.

The rule in my .htaccess file should load the page (/shirts/shirts.php) when the following address is entered: localhost/shirts/

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^shirts/$ /shirts/shirts.php

The .htaccess file is located in the root folder (htdocs directory).

Any help would be appreciated.

1 Answer

Camila Paschini
Camila Paschini
9,580 Points
Camila Paschini
Camila Paschini
9,580 Points

the character for ^ gave me a lot of trouble on that one... make sure you type it with shift+6 and make sure to type a space after it. That did the trick for me.