Mod rewrite issue

[mr_bill]

So I have a small problem I am getting a 500 error with this htaccess and no error if I delete it. For the script to work right it needs this htaccess. Could someone have look at the code a let me know why it doesnt work on hostgator server but fine on others

# This is a comment because the line starts with the # character.
# Disable a line by commenting it.

DirectoryIndex index.php
Options -Indexes

# These might give you an error if PHP is not installed as a module.
php_value upload_max_filesize 200M
php_value post_max_size 200M
php_value short_open_tag 1


# Delete or comment out these lines if you're getting Internal Server error because your server does not have mod_rewrite.
RewriteEngine On

# For public uploader
RewriteRule ^register/?$ account.php?action=register [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^login/?$ account.php?action=login [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^pupload/?$ public.php [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^pupload/browse(/([0-9]+))?/?$ public.php?action=browse&page=$2 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^pupload/view/([0-9]+)/?$ public.php?action=view&upload_id=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^pupload/manage/([0-9]+)/([0-9a-z]+)/?$ public.php?action=manage&upload_id=$1&key=$2 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^myfiles(/(.*))?$ myfiles.php?folder=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^upload(/(.*))?$ upload.php?upload_to=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^members/?$ browse.php [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^members/([0-9]+)/?$ browse.php?page=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^members/public/?([0-9]+)?/?$ browse.php?public=1&page=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^members/info/([0-9]+)$ browse.php?action=info&userid=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^members/browse/([0-9]+)/?(/.+)?$ browse.php?action=browse&userid=$1&folder=$2 [L,NC]
#RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9\_]+)/?$ browse.php?action=browse&username=$1 [L,NC]

Any and all help is appreciated

[mr_bill]

Sorry had over looked this line

# These might give you an error if PHP is not installed as a module.
php_value upload_max_filesize 200M
php_value post_max_size 200M
php_value short_open_tag 1

Is it possible this can be done or is this something hostgator doesnt support

That's exactly what's breaking .htaccess, php_* directives are deprecated, and PHP isn't compiled as a DSO, thus it will break your config. Just comment them out, and put them in php.ini in your public_html folder, and I will globally symlink it for you, just message me your domain name.

[jakeruston]

Were they deprecated in PHP4 or PHP5?

[quietFinn]

Originally Posted by jakeruston

Were they deprecated in PHP4 or PHP5?

No, PHP directives do not work in .htaccess because HostGator uses PHPSuExec/SuPHP.

[jakeruston]

Ah okay, thanks for the answer. Didn't know that.