After upgrading my remote server to Ubuntu 14.04 (Apache 2.4), I am unable to use my previous format where I could request URI's without calling the file extensions kind of like how pages are called in a framework like CodeIgniter.
When I call http://example.com/about I am calling about.php. This worked in Ubuntu 12.04 but now getting Page not found.
This still works on my local machine which is still 12.04 so I do not believe this to be an .htaccess issue nor do I believe it to be a sites-available file issue. Also, this is version controlled using git so everything is pretty much the same except for a couple Vars that call the site name and file paths. --CORRECTION: This is a .conf issue as stated below in my UPDATE.
I have a2enmod (mode_rewrite) on.
But to be complete, I will provide both the htaccess and sites-available files;
/etc/apache2/sites-avaialable/example.net.conf:
<VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443>
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/domains/example.net/example.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/domains/example.net/example.key
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.net
ServerName example.net
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.net/www/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/html/example.net/www>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
# Log file locations
LogLevel warn
ErrorLog /var/www/html/example.net/logs/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/example.net/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
# Admin email, Server Name (domain name), and any aliases
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.net
ServerName example.net
ServerAlias www.example.net
# Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.net/www/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/html/example.net/www>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
# Log file locations
LogLevel warn
ErrorLog /var/www/html/example.net/logs/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/html/example.net/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
END example.net.conf
I should note that this is the same in my local machine where the extension-less URI calls succeed.
UPDATE:
I have removed the code to my .htaccess file as I have decided to no longer use it since it is unnecessary and slows down the server.
I currently have this set in my example.net.conf file at the bottom of both (80 and 443) VirtualHost directives:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
This works to some extent. The issue I am having is that navigating to document root -> example.com, now just shows an index of all files and directories instead of the content.