[.htaccess] How to get htaccess to work on MAMP

I am trying to get the .htaccess working in MAMP.

The content of the .htaccess is a simple redirect line but it does not work. I am trying to manipulate URLs of a WordPress page, so I added the .htaccess file in my theme folder, but it is not working.

Is there any settings within MAMP i need to change to get the .htaccess file to work?

If you have MAMP PRO you can set up a host like mysite.local, then add some options from the 'Advanced' panel in the main window. Just switch on the options 'Indexes' and 'MultiViews'. 'Includes' and 'FollowSymLinks' should already be checked.

I'm using MAMP (downloaded today) and had this problem also. The issue is with this version of the MAMP stack's default httpd.conf directive around line 370. Look at httpd.conf down at around line 370 and you will find:

<Directory "/Applications/MAMP/bin/mamp">
    Options Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

You need to change: AllowOverride None To: AllowOverride All

The problem I was having with the rewrite is that some .htaccess files for Codeigniter, etc come with

RewriteBase /

Which doesn't seem to work in MAMP...at least for me.

1. In httpd.conf on /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache, find:

   <Directory />
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride None
   </Directory>
   

2. Replace None with All.

3. Restart MAMP servers.