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

Question

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?

Answer 1

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]