title: Why is this .htaccess file mod_rewrite not working?
body: <p>I'm using MAMP and CodeIgniter.
  The root of my website is: /Users/Roy/Websites/CodeIgniter-3.0.2
  In the Websites folder I also have some other project but I don't think that matters. Here is the apache httpd.conf file: <a href="http://pastebin.com/Am0ew0C0" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/Am0ew0C0</a></p>
  
  <p>In my .htaccess file I'm using the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
  
  &lt;IfModule authz_core_module&gt;
     Require all denied
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;IfModule !authz_core_module&gt;
     Deny from all
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the .htaccess file is located at: /Users/Roy/Websites/CodeIgniter-3.0.2/.htaccess
  I have no idea why the mod_rewrite isn't working, it's supposed to eliminate the use of index.php in the url because the URL I have to use now is: <a href="http://localhost:8888/CodeIgniter-3.0.2/index.php/about" rel="nofollow">http://localhost:8888/CodeIgniter-3.0.2/index.php/about</a></p>
  
  <p>And I would like that to become: <a href="http://localhost:8888/CodeIgniter-3.0.2/about" rel="nofollow">http://localhost:8888/CodeIgniter-3.0.2/about</a> PHP version 5.6.10 is used. <strong>the .htaccess file is not being read by apache, that is the problem here, how to fix it?</strong></p>