It's my first time deploying a web app on a hosting and they give me this .htaccess but i've never configured one, i have a root directory then a public_html and at the same level my webpage. i'll show you the directory tree and the content of the .htaccess

root
|
|---project
|---public_html
|---.htaccess

The content of the .htaccess is:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (. )/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

And when I enter the website it's showing me a http 403 error: Server or website configuration is blocking you from viewing this page.

I have never configured a website on a hosting so I don't know what i'm doing most of the time...

Thx!!

CodePudding user response：

root
|
|---project
|---public_html
|---.htaccess

Assuming public_html is the document root (where your public facing files and index.php are located) then the .htaccess file should be in the public_html directory itself (not above it).

That is...

root
|
|---project
|---public_html
|------.htaccess

By placing the .htaccess file in the root directory (above the document root) then it would attempt to rewrite the request to /root/index.php (as opposed to /root/public_html/index.php) which is inaccessible (from rewriting in .htaccess) and does not exist anyway, so would likely result in a 403, 400, etc.