title: Rewrite rules not working - directory list returned instead of redirect
body: <p>Please bear with me as I'm new to mod_rewrite. I'm trying to set up a rule such that eg domain.com/subfolder will redirect to domain.com/subfolder/subfolderindex.php, and domain.com/subfolder/subcategory will redirect to domain.com/subfolder/subcategory.php. I am testing in XAMPP. I have the following in .htaccess:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/$ $1/$1.php
  RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)$ $1/$2.php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Instead of the redirect, I get the subfolder directory listing. When testing on the inbuilt server on a Mac, the rewrite rules work perfectly fine. Perhaps the reason for the difference is something in httpd.conf? The loadmodule line is uncommented and each AllowOverride set to All.</p>
  
  <p>Here's the httpd.conf:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AccessFileName .htaccess
  
  
  ServerRoot "C:/xampp/apache"
  
  
  Listen 80
  
  
  LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
  LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
  LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
  LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
  LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
  #LoadModule authn_alias_module modules/mod_authn_alias.so
  #LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
  #LoadModule authn_dbd_module modules/mod_authn_dbd.so
  #LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
  LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
  LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
  #LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
  #LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
  LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
  LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
  LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
  #LoadModule authz_owner_module modules/mod_authz_owner.so
  LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
  LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
  #LoadModule bucketeer_module modules/mod_bucketeer.so
  #LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
  #LoadModule case_filter_module modules/mod_case_filter.so
  #LoadModule case_filter_in_module modules/mod_case_filter_in.so
  #LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so
  LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
  #LoadModule charset_lite_module modules/mod_charset_lite.so
  #LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
  #LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
  LoadModule dav_lock_module modules/mod_dav_lock.so
  #LoadModule dbd_module modules/mod_dbd.so
  #LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
  LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
  #LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
  #LoadModule dumpio_module modules/mod_dumpio.so
  #LoadModule echo_module modules/mod_echo.so
  LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
  #LoadModule example_module modules/mod_example.so
  #LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
  #LoadModule ext_filter_module modules/mod_ext_filter.so
  #LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
  #LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so
  LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
  #LoadModule ident_module modules/mod_ident.so
  #LoadModule imagemap_module modules/mod_imagemap.so
  LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
  LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
  LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
  #LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
  #LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so
  LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
  #LoadModule log_forensic_module modules/mod_log_forensic.so
  #LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
  LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
  #LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
  LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
  LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
  LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
  #LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
  #LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
  #LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
  #LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
  LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
  LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
  #LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
  LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
  LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
  #LoadModule substitute_module modules/mod_substitute.so
  #LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
  #LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
  #LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
  #LoadModule version_module modules/mod_version.so
  #LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
  
  &lt;IfModule !mpm_netware_module&gt;
  &lt;IfModule !mpm_winnt_module&gt;
  #
  # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
  # httpd as root initially and it will switch.  
  #
  # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
  # It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
  # running httpd, as with most system services.
  #
  User daemon
  Group daemon
  
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  
  ServerName localhost:80
  
  
  DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs"
  
  
  &lt;Directory /&gt;
      Options FollowSymLinks -Indexes
      AllowOverride All
      Order deny,allow
      Deny from all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  
  &lt;Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs"&gt;
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
     AllowOverride All
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule dir_module&gt;
      DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm \
                     default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html default.htm \
                     home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  
  &lt;FilesMatch "^\.ht"&gt;
      Order allow,deny
      Deny from all
      Satisfy All
  &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;
  
  
  ErrorLog "logs/error.log"
  
  #ScriptLog "logs/cgi.log"
  
  
  LogLevel warn
  
  &lt;IfModule log_config_module&gt;
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %&gt;s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
      LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %&gt;s %b" common
  
      &lt;IfModule logio_module&gt;
        # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
        LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %&gt;s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O"     combinedio
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  
      #CustomLog "logs/access.log" common
  
  
      CustomLog "logs/access.log" combined
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule alias_module&gt;
  #
  # Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to 
  # exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client 
  # will make a new request for the document at its new location.
  # Example:
  # Redirect permanent /foo http://localhost/bar
  
  #
  # Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
  # access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
  # Example:
  # Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
  #
  # If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
  # require it to be present in the URL.  You will also likely
  # need to provide a &lt;Directory&gt; section to allow access to
  # the filesystem path.
  
  #
  # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. 
  # ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
  # documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
  # run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
  # client.  The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
  # directives as to Alias.
  #
  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/xampp/cgi-bin/"
  
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule cgid_module&gt;
  #
  # ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
  # socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
  #
  #Scriptsock "logs/cgi.sock"
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  #
  # "C:/xampp/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
  # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
  #
  &lt;Directory "C:/xampp/cgi-bin"&gt;
      AllowOverride All
      Options None
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  
  DefaultType text/plain
  
  &lt;IfModule mime_module&gt;
      TypesConfig "conf/mime.types"
      #AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
      #AddEncoding x-compress .Z
      #AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
      AddType application/x-compress .Z
      AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
      AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .asp
      #AddHandler type-map var
      AddType text/html .shtml
      AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  &lt;IfModule mime_magic_module&gt;
      MIMEMagicFile "conf/magic"
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  
  #EnableMMAP off
  #EnableSendfile off
  
  
  # XAMPP specific settings
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-xampp.conf"
  
  # Perl settings
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-perl.conf"
  
  # Server-pool management (MPM specific)
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf"
  
  # Multi-language error messages
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf"
  
  # Fancy directory listings
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf"
  
  # Language settings
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf"
  
  # User home directories
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf"
  
  # Real-time info on requests and configuration
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-info.conf"
  
  # Virtual hosts
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf"
  
  # Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
  # Attention! WEB_DAV is a security risk without a new userspecific configuration for a        secure authentifcation 
  # Include "conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf"
  
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-proxy.conf"
  
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-default.conf"
  
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf"
  
  &lt;IfModule ssl_module&gt;
      SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
      SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
      SSLSessionCache "shmcb:logs/ssl.scache(512000)"
      SSLSessionCacheTimeout 300
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # AJP13 Proxy
  &lt;IfModule mod_proxy.c&gt;
  &lt;IfModule mod_proxy_ajp.c&gt;
  Include "conf/extra/httpd-ajp.conf"
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>