title: Laravel default .htaccess file will not work
body: <p>I finally got everything installed for Laravel, but I am getting an error 500 on my home page!</p>
  
  <p>It looks to be my .htaccess file. If I remove it the page works.  If I put it back, another error 500.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
      Options -MultiViews
      RewriteEngine On
  
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
      RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I change that second to last line to "RewriteRule ^index.php [L]" (no space before index.php) then the error 500 goes away but the rewrite rule will not work.</p>
  
  <p>My host is 1and1.com.</p>
  
  <p>Can anybody help me?</p>