October: Mod Rewrite is enabled (XAMPP) but web installer says it's not

[wertykid]

Hello,

I have enabled Mod Rewrite on XAMPP but I am getting this error "PHP mod_rewrite module is required". Can anybody help me with that?

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so (Check loaded with phpinfo())

Directory settings updated:
AllowOverride All
Require all granted

Thanks for the help!

[mrlinnth]

I am on LAMP stack but having same issue. My apache2 mod_rewrite is enabled but getting mod_rewrite error at requirement check page.

[mrlinnth]

@wertykid I think, I have found a way to fix.

I have changed line 103 in install_files/php/installer.php as follows

$result = (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Apache') === false) || in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules());

[LukeTowers]

@wertykid @mrlinnth Detecting proper support for the presence of mod_rewrite when using Apache seems to be quite the problematic issue.

The current implementation uses SetEnv in the .htaccess file and checks $_SERVER, which should be reliable enough but technically requires FileInfo to be an allowed override, either with AllowOverride: all or AllowOverride: FileInfo. We could perhaps use getenv() instead of checking $_SERVER directly, that might improve the reliability. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5764469/zend-setenv-in-htaccess-not-working for reasons why the SetEnv and $_SERVER approach might not be working for you.

Using apache_get_modules() as the solution won't work because https://github.com/nette/examples/issues/17 and that particular approach only checks to see if it is enabled for PHP, not if the .htaccess file actually works, which is what the purpose of that check is.

@mrlinnth could you please test using getenv('HTTP_MOD_REWRITE') instead of array_key_exists('HTTP_MOD_REWRITE', $_SERVER)?

[mrlinnth]

@LukeTowers sorry I was a stupid potato. I didn't realize I have "Show Hidden" off in my file managers and there is .htaccess file inside the installer folder. No error after I copy .htaccess to my vhost.

So I guess this might not be a bug and more like a careless user issue on my case :sweat_smile:

[mrlinnth]

@wertykid you might wanna check if your xampp folder has .htaccess file or not.

[wertykid]

@mrlinnth @LukeTowers Hey, thanks for the solutions! @mrlinnth solution worked for me, now I can install the files without issues. Cheers

[disvst]

@wertykid I tired copying the .htaccess file one my MAMP folder but it doesn't fix anything for me...

@LukeTowers Would you have a temporary solution in order to install it the easy way ?

[LukeTowers]

@didiervassout do what @leonaze did in #3708 and just remove the test for now. The test requires that the server environment allows you to use SetEnv.

[daftspunk]

This check has been removed from the installer. The check is too opinionated (apache) and does not prevent the installer from working. Documentation is a satisfactory approach to overcome it.