Let’s fix the “htaccess redirect not working” issue in Drupal in this article. At Bobcares, with our Server Management Services, we can handle your server-related problems.

How to fix the “htaccess redirect not working” issue in Drupal?

Method 1

Set the RewriteBase: The site URL, for e.g, http://example.com/~bobcares/drupal/is in a subdirectory, we need to set the RewriteBase. In order to do so, locate the below part in the .htaccess file:

# Modify the RewriteBase if we are using Drupal in a subdirectory and
# the rewrite rules aren't working properly.
#RewriteBase /drupal

Here, we need to modify the last line as given below:

 RewriteBase /~bobcares/drupal

When we use an Alias, the URL looks like http://example.com/YourAliasName/, then we need to change the last line like the above: RewriteBase /YourAliasName.

Method 2

Ensure the .htaccess file and Drupal are uploaded to the same directory: We must upload the .htaccess file properly. In case, if it is deleted, then we need to install Drupal again and then copy the new .htaccess file. We must also make sure the file only contains .htaccess.

Method 3

Ensure the file is not corrupted: The file works properly only when things are in order. With password protection or block image hotlinking, the .htaccess file has the chance to get corrupted. The solution to fix the issue is by removing the corrupted file. Then upload the standard file that is available with Drupal.

Method 4

Ensure to not change the Apache rewrite rule: By default, the rule will be RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]. This rule will convert a path like example.com/node into example.com/index.php?q=node.

So we’ll expect example.com/node?page=1 will be example.com/index.php?q=node?page=1. However, it fails as both the separators here are “?”. So the ReWriteRule keeps any current arguments after the rewrite by changing the second ‘?’ in this scenario into ‘&’.

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Conclusion

The article provides four different troubleshooting methods from our Support team to fix the “htaccess redirect not working” issue in Drupal.