Problem w/ .htaccess and mod_rewrite

Purpose: maintain the same .htaccess file between localhost and production servers. Making changes to one file is better than editing two or more.

Problem: directory for the project at local & production server are different. Therefore, RewriteBase of mod_rewrite needs to be set differently. Eg:

• Local: http://localhost/working/abc.html
• Production: http://example.com/abc.html

Solution/Hack: have this in httpd.conf for the localhost
<br /> <directory "c:/htdocs/working"><br /> # Maintaining the same .htaccess & still able to change RewriteBase<br /> AllowOverride None<br /> Include “c:/htdocs/working/.htaccess”<br /> # Override the base value, the value in .htaccess is for production server<br /> RewriteBase /working<br /> </directory><br />