500 Internal Server Error when trying to use ErrorDocument to handle request

Question

I have this .htaccess file:

Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on

ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/?(.*)$ ./$1.php

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [L,R=404]

However, when I go to localhost/example.php , it returns a 500 Internal Server Error.

Any help please? Thanks.

EDIT:

The full error message that comes up is:

Not Found

The requested URL /example.php was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Answer 1

You're most likely getting 500 due to looping error.

Exclude 404.php from last rule as:

ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

Options -Indexes -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^(?!404\.php)$ - [L,NC,R=404]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?(.*)$ ./$1.php [L]

Answer 2

is 404.php actually set in the root of your filesystem?

I'm guessing not.

Try something like ../404.php

BTW: Did you look in your apache log files?

Answer 3

Since you want to hide .php extension in your pages, try to remove that extension from the .htaccess file by doing the following:

Change: ErrorDocument 404 /404.php to ErrorDocument 404 /404

Hope this helps.

JJ

Answer 4

I have gotten this issue. But my error is disk of server is full 100%. You should check your server disk, as a consider solution.

Answer 5

You just Add this code in your .htaccess file

# BEGING WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress