Htaccess rewrite gives LimitInternalRecursion error

.htaccessapache-2.2mod-rewrite

I have a .htaccess file with the following code

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options -MultiViews
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

But when I visit my site I get this error

[client 127.0.0.1] Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.

The LogLevel debug doesn't give me a backtrace and I don't think increasing the Limit on internal recursion is wise.

Does anyone have experience with this type of error?

Best Answer

Assume that the request is for /index.html.

Your first rewrite condition says "if the URL requested is not a directory, rewrite it with a redirect to itself with an added slash." So the URL will be rewritten with a redirect to /index.html/. Which will again be rewritten with an added slash, etc ad infinitum. This is why you get the error message.

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