XAMPP mod_rewrite object not found error

Question

I want to create friendly url from

but i always get Object not found Error 404 error from apache.

.htaccess:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.+category/([a-zA-Z]+)$ /shop/categories.php?cat=$1 [QSA,L,NE]

categories.php

<?php 
echo $_GET["cat"]; 
?>

I've only 2 files in the folder shop:

Path:

C:\xampp\htdocs\shop

Files:

More info:

Disable MultiViews - it often causes problems when what you are trying to rewrite (partially) matches the name of an actually existing file. — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Jul 10, 2018 at 11:26

Justin Iurman · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-10 11:30:06Z

0

You should disable MultiViews option, which is enabled by default most of the time (see this post and my answer on this topic)

Here is how your /shop/.htaccess file should look like:

Options -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /shop/

RewriteRule ^category/([^/]+)$ categories.php?cat=$1 [L,NE]

answered Jul 10, 2018 at 11:30

Justin Iurman

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