.htaccess in subfolder for removing extension is not working - php

Question

Below code is for root folder which are specific to few pages to remove extension. And its working.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule ^About+$ about.php
RewriteRule ^FAQ+$ faq.php
RewriteRule ^Contact+$ contact.php
RewriteRule ^Gallery+$ gallery.php
RewriteRule ^Areas-we-service+$ cities.php
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)$ servicesparse.php?name=$1
And then I've added one php plugin is subfolder called product.
path is root-folder/php-product-catalog-module. Plugin have one another htaccess file in it.
#Fix Rewrite
Options -Multiviews
# Mod Rewrite
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /php-product-catalog-module/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# used for viewing single product page
RewriteRule ^product/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)\/?$ product.php?name=$1&id=$2
# used for php pages such as "yoursite.com/login.php" will become "yoursite.com/login/"
RewriteRule ^([a-z_]+)\/?$ $1.php [NC]
So htaccess for subfolder is not working.
it does not redirect http://cp2.designnrank.com/~wolverin/php-product-catalog-module/login.php to http://cp2.designnrank.com/~wolverin/php-product-catalog-module/login
Rules for other pages of product is not working too.

Answer 1

Are you sure htaccess is enabled? htaccess files are disabled by default in Apache these days, due to performance issues. When .htaccess files are enabled, the web server must check for it on every hit in every subdirectory from where it resides.
Enabling htaccess can be done by replacing "AllowOverride None" with "AllowOverride All" in the <Directory></Directory> directives.
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
A better approach is to put all your rewrite rules into a virtualhost configuration file. Something like:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/mywebsite
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mywebsite-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mywebsite-access.log combined
#Fix Rewrite
Options -Multiviews
# Mod Rewrite
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /php-product-catalog-module/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# used for viewing single product page
RewriteRule ^product/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)\/?$ product.php?name=$1&id=$2
# used for php pages such as "yoursite.com/login.php" will become "yoursite.com/login/"
RewriteRule ^([a-z_]+)\/?$ $1.php [NC]
</VirtualHost>