Get these Rewrite rules to work in Apache Directives?

Hi, I use these rules in .htaccess and they work perfect.
However, they do not work in Options / Apache Directives.

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  
    # Start Rewrite Engine
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteBase /
        Options +FollowSymLinks
  
    # Remove trailing slash
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L]
  
    # Remove .php extension
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
        RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [L]
  
    # Remove .html extension
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
        RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [L]
      
</IfModule>

Can you help me getting them to work? I use Ubuntu 18.04.
Thanks!

 

Ok, I finally got them to work, but now my problem is that they only work with Mod-PHP.

Code:

<Directory {DOCROOT}>
   
    <IfModule mod_core.c>
       
        AllowOverride All
        Options +FollowSymLinks
           
    </IfModule>
   
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
           
        # Start Rewrite Engine
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteBase /
           
        # Remove trailing slash
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
            RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [R,L]
           
        # Remove need for ".php"
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
            RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [L]
           
        # Remove need for ".html"
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
            RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [L]
           
    </IfModule>
   
</Directory>

 

Unfortunately they still don't work if I remove the IfModule lines.
I use vhost.conf.master from master branch and did a resync afterwards.

 

That's what I already do. The reason I use vhost.conf.master is that I had this issue:
https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/issue-with-non-existent-php-files.77589/

 

I have not put anything custom in vhost.conf.master. I mention I use the master branch version because there could be changes in it that causes the issue. It is on the 3.1.13 milestone to backport it.

I already have success with using .htaccess as I wrote in the OP. I just try to optimize my server for speed, as .htaccess adds overhead and I have a lot of sites with this configuration.

 

Hi @till and thank you for trying to help me.
I have almost solved the issue. It had nothing to do with the php-modes.
First of all I think these parts of vhost.conf.master

Code:

<If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">

should be replaced with

Code:

<If "-f %{SCRIPT_FILENAME}">

This article here is describing it in more detail:
http://lost.l-w.ca/0x05/apache-mod_proxy_fcgi-and-php-fpm/

It makes it possible to archieve my goal with the following:

Code:

# Start Rewrite Engine
    RewriteEngine On

# Remove trailing slash
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1 [R,L]

# Remove need for ".html"
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L]

# Remove need for ".php"
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]

The issue then is that these specific rewrite rules affects aliases on the same domain so fx. example.com/phpmyadmin will cause redirect loops.

To overcome this, the solution is to wrap the rewite rules in a

Code:

<Directory /var/www/clients/clientX/webX/web>

and not the {docroot} snippet

Code:

<Directory /var/www/domain.com/web>

like this

Code:

<Directory /var/www/clients/clientX/webX/web>
 
    # Start Rewrite Engine
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteBase /
 
    # Remove trailing slash
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1 [R,L]
 
    # Remove need for ".html"
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L]
 
    # Remove need for ".php"
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]

</Directory>

This also solves the problem where now, you cannot put for example "Options -Indexes" in Directives field, it does not have any effect.
Currently on 18.04 (at least) directory indexes are shown as default - just go to /error/ on a webpage.

It would be very nice if a snippet could be created for the real docroot path and not the symlinked one.

 

How could I create a new Snippet variable with the value of the real docroot path?
In the vhost, the document root is /var/www/clients/clientX/webX/web, but the {docroot} snippet is /var/www/domain.com/web
<Directory %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}> also gives /var/www/domain.com/web
+FollowSymLinks in <Directory> doesn't work either.

 

That's amazing, thank you Till
May I ask you, where are these snippets created in the code?

 

Thank you, I found it in apache2_plugin.inc.php