How to use .htaccess for file rewriting .php on GCP? - php

Question

I have a .htaccess file which is rewriting all of my urls from path/to/file.php to just path/to/file.
I had this working locally on WAMP, and it also worked on a domain hosted by blacknight.
However, we are moving to Google Cloud Platform using Debian 9, and it does not work here at all. If I do not include the .php extension I will get a 404 error.
Below is my full .htaccess file:
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^post/([^\/]+)/?$ post.php?url=$1 [L,NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^payment/([^\/]+)/?$ payment.php?sub=$1 [L,NC,QSA]
RewriteRule ^player/([^\/]+)/?$ player.php?id=$1 [L,NC,QSA]
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 week"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 week"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 week"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 week"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 hour"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 hour"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set Connection keep-alive
<filesmatch "\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
</filesmatch>
<filesmatch "\.(css)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=3600, private"
</filesmatch>
<filesmatch "\.(js)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=3600, private"
</filesmatch>
<filesMatch "\.(x?html?|php)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, private, must-revalidate"
</filesMatch>
</IfModule>
What can I do to resolve this or is there another way of rewriting URLs in Google Cloud Platform?

Answer 1

If your Apache server is enabled you should check if the AllowOverride directive is enabled as well (set to "All" or allowing specific options). Otherwise Apache will not consider the directives that you put there.
This should usually be placed in your Virtual server config file or the main one.
Here is an example:
<Directory "/path/from/where/you/serve/files">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
More info:
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#allowoverride