RewriteRule in Apache with Symfony2 not removing app.php

Question

I have the following .htaccess file in my web directory for my Symfony2 installation:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*) app.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

However, when I try something basic such as:

(whatever)/web/app.php/place

it doesn't removing the app.php from the URL. I'm new to Apache and I'm not sure what's going on here, can anyone shed some light? Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Due to the structure of the web app I am working with I cannot move app.php or app_dev.php outside of the web folder nor can I modify the server configuration of Apache in anyway, thus I am looking for an alternative solution to this problem.

Pat Zabawa · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-03 03:09:55Z

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You must enable the rewrite module in Apache, as the "IfModule mod_rewrite.c" states.

To do so:

Run command-line command "a2enmod rewrite".
Change all "AllowOverride None" lines to "AllowOverride All".

See http://www.lavluda.com/2007/07/15/how-to-enable-mod_rewrite-in-apache22-debian/.

answered Apr 3, 2012 at 3:09

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George Mylonas Over a year ago

I have a website running on example.com hosted on NameCheap and Symfony2 project on app.example.com hosted on AWS. I tried everything and this solved the problem instantly.

LargeTuna Over a year ago

This should be the answer

Elnur Abdurrakhimov · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08 14:44:48Z

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That rewrite rule is not meant to remove app.php from the URL. It's purpose is to use app.php for every request, if a request URL doesn't correspond to a real file. Since app.php is a real file, it will be used to serve a request.

If you want get rid of web/app.php part, first create a virtual host pointing to the web folder:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName whatever
    DocumentRoot /path/to/project/web
</VirtualHost>

This will remove the web part.

Then, to remove the app.php part, add this to the beginning of the web/.htaccess file:

RedirectMatch permanent ^/app\.php/(.*) /$1

edited Dec 8, 2011 at 14:44

answered Dec 8, 2011 at 14:33

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Kasheen Over a year ago

There's no need to "remove" the app.php part. You're correct about making the DocumentRoot into the web directory as the symfony docs says to do so, but travelling to any route will automatically route through app.php. So for instance if you go to www.acme.com/blog/article/1 the default .htaccess re-write will route to www.acme.com/app.php/blog/article/1 but there is no need to navigate directly to the path with app.php in it. Sorry if I've miss-understood your post but some clarification might be needed: By default there is no requirement for a user to navigate through app.php.

Elnur Abdurrakhimov Over a year ago

You are right — app.php will be used anyway because of the rewrite rule in the .htaccess file. What my RedirectMatch directive does is not to let users go to app.php explicitly. If a user somehow gets to www.acme.com/app.php/home she will be redirected to www.acme.com/home — that's all there is to it.

Mayank Over a year ago

Do we really need a VirtualHost even in case of a user maintaining single hostname/domain?

Tool Over a year ago

Is this possible without Virtual hosts?

Neeraj Over a year ago

How it can be achieved using only .htaccess when there is shared hosting being used and you can not make changes in .ini file.

gimpe · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-21 04:43:43Z

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I just got the same issue and I fixed it like this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /web/
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

answered Mar 21, 2012 at 4:43

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Marin · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-15 09:54:08Z

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I had this problem today and the fix was to append a /$1 at the end of the url rewrite rule.

My .htaccess looks like this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php/$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

And the virtual host is defines as this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/symfony_site/web
   DirectoryIndex app.php
   <Directory /var/www/html/symfony_site/web >
       AllowOverride All
       Allow from All
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

answered Oct 15, 2013 at 9:54

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Brigand · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08 00:47:40Z

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When you write RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f you say "Don't change real files... they should still be reachable." If you remove that, it should work.

The reason for it allowing that is some frameworks let you use http://site.tld/script.php/abc=123&def=456 style of links.

If you want it to allow filenames except app.php, you could add that as another RewriteCond.

answered Dec 8, 2011 at 0:47

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MicE · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08 10:10:50Z

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We've been struggling with that as well. There are two solutions:

set document root of your virtual host to point directly to the /web/ subfolder (as per Symfony2 guidance)
move app.php and app_dev.php outside of the /web/ subfolder, then update .htaccess and include paths in both files accordingly (i.e. remove web/ to correct all paths after you've manually moved the files one folder above)

(Note: cannot provide examples from vanilla installation of S2, since symfony.com seems to be down at the moment.)

answered Dec 8, 2011 at 10:10

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MicE Over a year ago

Why the downvote? This is a working solution that solves OP's problem - please explain, thank you.

celestialorb Over a year ago

Unfortunately I cannot set the document root of a VirtualHost to point directly to the web subfolder due to my restrictions so this method will not work for my case. :(

MicE Over a year ago

@celestialorb: Yes, I assumed that would be the case - that's why I provided the second option above. In our case, we had to host an S2-powered site in a subdirectory of an existing site, so the first option was not available to us. And rewriting the URL via .htaccess caused several problems with path autodetection in S2 (since we were 2 levels deep from document root). The second option from the answer above solved it, and it will work for your case as well.

Neeraj Over a year ago

@MicE Can you please also explain how would .htaccess look like after moving app.php and app_dev.php? Also, would there need to create another .htaccess at root?

M Khalid Junaid · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-06 14:59:16Z

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I managed to remove web/app.php part on my shared server.

First I moved app.php out of the web directory one step above thus my app.php on the root directory. Then I placed a .htaccess on the root directory

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^css/(.*) web/css/$1

RewriteRule ^images/(.*) web/images/$1

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]

I used RewriteCond on css and images as they still lie inside /web/ directory so all request to css and images will be routed to web/css and web/images directories respectively.

It worked well for me.

edited Sep 6, 2013 at 14:59

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answered Jan 30, 2012 at 5:15

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renoirb Over a year ago

Sorry for being blunt, but this is ridiculous. web/ folder is there for a reason. You should NEVER leave PHP file visible to the public. Point the virtualhost to the web/ folder, and adjust rewrite conditions to remove the app.php, or use index.php that include app.php. That way, you do NOT touch provided framework code.... and do not expose your code to be potentially read publicly # Imagine you had this available. AddType application/x-httpd-php-source php

Neeraj Over a year ago

@neeraj: I followed the second option as you suggested but i get a blank page when i hit my URL localhost/symfony i also don't want to use VirtualHost... Please suggest.

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