Mod_rewrite rule not working

[devel95]

Here is what I trying to do:
I want any http request to a particular directory to run a static PHP script. The static PHP script does not reside in the Document_Root, but another directory on the server.

Here is the RewriteRule in my .htacess file in directory 'test':
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /phpDir/myScript.php [L]

The 'test' directory is empty except for the .htaccess file.

I get 2 different results from my browser:
http://sampleDomain.com/test/ = 403 Forbidden Error
http://sampleDomain.com/test/index.html = 404 Page Not Found

(I do have "Options -Indexes" in my httpd.conf file)

Thanks for the troubleshooting help.

[thewebhostingdi]

You will have to check the apache error logs for the exact error message as there are many reasons regarding the 403 and 404 error message. You will find the apache error logs at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_logs

[devel95]

Thanks "thewebhostindi". That helped.

Now the only trouble I have is the following:

• http://sampleDomain.com/test/index.html (follows the RewriteRule and evokes myScript.php)
• http://sampleDomain.com/test/test.html (follows the RewriteRule and evokes myScript.php)
• http://sampleDomain.com/test/ (does not follow the RewriteRule - it displays a directory listing)

Here is my directive:

• RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /phpDir/myScript.php [L]

What does the RewriteRule look like to get everything/anything to evoke myScript.php?

Thanks.

[thewebhostingdi]

Kindly try to add below line in your .htaccess and have a try:

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php