VirtualHost not reading .htaccess??
Ok, this is weird. I was using separate directories and switching the main HTDOCS folder via MAMP every time I wanted to access a different site locally. Then I realized that I could use subdomains on localhost for multiple dev sites at one time. I setup the /etc/hosts file and the following structure in the Apache config:
Code:
<VirtualHost *>
DocumentRoot "/the/path/to/files"
ServerName server1.localhost
AccessFileName .htaccess
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
It worked! The homepage loads great, until I realized that my mod_rewrites in my .htaccess file weren't working. If I goto server1.localhost/something I get the Apache 404 error, where if I go to server1.localhost/index.php/something I get the proper CodeIgniter (PHP) 404. The .htaccess is the vanilla CodeIgniter file:
Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
Again, the redirect works fine using the main HTDOCS folder...it's just something with the VirtualHost structure that's goofing it up.
Any suggestions?
-Nate
Edit:
P.S. I'm assuming that because the VirtualHost is taking place at the Apache level, PHP doesn't know whether it's the main HTDOCS folder, or on a VirtualHost. That's a correct assumption, right? It's not as though something in the complexity of CodeIgniter could be screwing this up, because it doesn't know the difference...?
