htaccess and mod_rewrite redirect error

Question

on ubuntu 13.04 and apache2 and php 5.4 i got the 404 error. mod rewrite is enabled on my machine

my .htaccess code is like this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^/dl/([0-9]+)/$ dl.php?id=$1
</IfModule>

and the dl.php is set up for just echo the variables:

<?php
print_r($_GET);
?>

on output when i will go to this address http://localhost/digidoc/dl/5 it shows the 404 error

ps:the .htaccess file included in digidoc folder and digidoc folder is in web server root

Answer 1

Change

RewriteRule ^/dl/([0-9]+)/$ dl.php?id=$1

Into

RewriteRule ^/digidoc/dl/([0-9]+)/?$ dl.php?id=$1

Notice the ?, so the last slash is optional. Also add digidoc/ as the rule is applied to the whole url.

Answer 2

You need to get rid of the leading slash:

Options -Multiviews

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteBase /digidoc/
    RewriteRule ^dl/([0-9]+)$ dl.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

You should also include a rewrite base as well as making sure that you have multiviews turned off.