Problems with .htaccess and 404 "Dashboard not found"

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• admin

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  That error message appears when it can't connect to the Database. If you are certain that the info in your fuel/application/config/database.php file is correct, then I would make sure to check that your MySQL server is properly running and that PHP can connect to it. You may even try just doing a simple basic PHP script to connect to the database like so:
  <?php $link = mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_password'); if (!$link) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); } echo 'Connected successfully'; mysql_close($link); ?>
• bmills

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  I'm finally happy to say that I was able to connect, and can now see the Dashboard. Onward!!!
  
  Thanks for you help!
  
  - B
• admin

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  Great... let us know if you need anything else.
• Quba

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  Hi, I'm having trouble viewing the dashboard when I have installed Fuel in a subdirectory as well. I have tried many combinations of the above, but here's what I have right now.
  
  I have CodeIgniter installed in the subdirectory /CodeIgniter/ if that matters at all.
  
  I have edited config.php to:
  
  $config['index_page'] = "";
  
  I have edited MY_Fuel.php to:
  
  $config['admin_enabled'] = TRUE;
  
  And my .htaccess reads:
  
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
  RewriteBase /fuel
  
  And I ran the SQL query.
  
  Thanks in advance for your help. I am excited to use your product!
• admin

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  What happens if you use the .htaccess file that came with the download and just change the RewriteBase on line 4 to the subdirectory you installed it in (e.g. RewriteBase /my_fuel_site/?
  
  I'm assuming you've been able to use .htaccess before on CodeIgniter sites?
• Quba

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  As you suggested, I changed my .htaccess file to:
  
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /fuel/
  
  
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  
  
  # Allow asset folders through
  RewriteRule ^(fuel/modules/(.+)?/assets/(.+)) - [L]
  
  # Protect application and system files from being viewed
  RewriteRule ^(fuel/install/.+|fuel/crons/.+|fuel/data_backup/.+|fuel/codeigniter/.+|fuel/modules/.+|fuel/application/.+|\.git.+) - [F,L]
  
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  
  RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [L]
  
  Options -Indexes
  
  I get the "A database error has occurred" error.
  
  I was able to get into the dashboard by changing my config.php file to:
  
  $config['index_page'] = "index.php";
  
  And my MY_fuel.php file to:
  
  $config['fuel_path'] = 'fuel/';
  
  And removing the RewriteBase line from my .htaccess file.
  
  Thanks so much for your help! On a Sunday no less! I would love for the ugly index.php to be gone from my web structure, but I plan on getting a domain exclusively for my Fuel installation once I have it up and running.
• admin

  July 2011 edited 3:34PM

  Is the database error because of the database.php config file not being setup? Also, the fuel_path configuration value most likely doesn't need to be changed unless you want to change the name of how you access fuel (e.g. "http://www.myfuelsite.com/admin" instead of "http://www.myfuelsite.com/fuel"). That value is not related to the subfolder you installed FUEL in on your server (in case that may have been changed and thus contributing to your issue).
• brizoo

  March 2012 edited March 2012

  Hi!
  
  I'm trying to install fuel but it doesn't work for me.
  
  i'm under macos x Lion.
  
  Fuel folder under www/ is /fuel_cms/
  
  I modified .htaccess like this:
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /fuel_cms
  
  
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  
  
  # Allow asset folders through
  RewriteRule ^(fuel/modules/(.+)?/assets/(.+)|fuel/crons/.+|fuel/data_backup/.+) - [L]
  
  # Protect application and system files from being viewed
  RewriteRule ^(fuel/install/.+|fuel/codeigniter/.+|fuel/modules/.+|fuel/application/.+|\.git.+) - [F,L]
  
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  
  RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [L]
  
  Options -Indexes
  
  I got a 404 not found blank page error.
  
  If I modify $config['index_page'] with "index.php" I got a 404 error from fuel not blank like before, but no admin page.
  
  I have mod_rewrite enabled and everything seems to be fine.
  
  Have any idea ?
  
  Thank you
  Brice
• brizoo

  March 2012 edited 3:34PM

  Problem solved.
  I had to put an alias in my http.conf !
  
  Like this:
  Alias /site_name/ /Users/brizoo/Sites/site_name/
  
  
  DirectoryIndex index.php
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  AllowOverride all
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
  
  
  Thank you !
  
  Great CMS, I love it
• shani4870

  August 2015 edited 3:34PM

  hi any one help please !!!!
  i have issue in .htaccess
  in localhost using xamp work perfect but in online server i have face some issue
  
  load default controller perfect
  http://babulhawaijmatamdari.com/admin
  
  but using this way they show me error ( The requested document was not found on this server. )
  http://babulhawaijmatamdari.com/admin/login
  
  but using this way work good
  http://babulhawaijmatamdari.com/admin/index.php/login/
  
  
  so what we do ?????
• admin

  August 2015 edited 3:34PM

  Is your RewriteBase in the .htaccess set to / ?
  
  If so, make sure .htaccess and the mod_rewrite module is enabled for Apache on the server.
• shani4870

  August 2015 edited 3:34PM

  i also use RewriteBase but not work for me
  
  this is my .htaccess file on admin folder
  
  RewriteEngine On
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
  
  
  i have no access to check apache on server but administrator of server sad me its enable
• admin

  August 2015 edited 3:34PM

  What if you remove the "?" from after .php:
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]