How to Enable htaccess file in Mac OS X

How to Enable htaccess file in Mac OS X

Date posted : 10/01/2019

Introduction

Using your Mac for development of websites or web applications, is very easy as it already comes with Apache pre-installed in it.The problem is that .htaccess file does not work by default.

Steps to Enabling htaccess file in Mac Os X:

Initially we have to make changes in the main configuration file of Apache.

First some changes in the main configuration file of Apache.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

The first thing I will do is to change the Document root from the default /Library/WebServer/Documents to my Sites folder under my home directory.

So, look for these lines:

• DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
• <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">

And change them to:

• DocumentRoot "/Users/your-username/htdocs"
• <Directory "/Users/your-username/htdocs">

of course instead of your-username insert there your real username.

In the same file, under the section <Directory "/Users/your-username/htdocs"> look for:

• AllowOverride None

And change it to:

• AllowOverride All

Also edit this file:

And look for the same line AllowOverride None** and change it to *AllowOverride All

Step 1 :Add this Symlinks with appropriate ‘ – ‘ and ‘ + ‘ sign.

#</Directory>
<Directory /Users/Your-Username/htdocs>
 Options -SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
       Order deny,allow
       Allow from all

</Directory>

Step 2 :

The mod_rewrite.so is loaded. Take away the commented ” # ” tag from the config file.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
# Make sure below module "mod_rewrite.so" is loaded.
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
#LoadModule perl_module libexec/apache2/mod_perl.so
LoadModule hfs_apple_module libexec/apache2/mod_hfs_apple.so

Step 3:

Add Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch  inside a htaccess file

 RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|resources|robots\.txt)
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

Step 4 :

Then restart apache:

sudo apachectl restart

You are now ready to put files to ~/htdocs/ folder and when you go to: http://localhost/ you will see those files appear, and if you add a .htaccess file, that is going to work.Thus the htaccess file is enabled in your mac os x.

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