Full URL Required for 404 Page To Work — Apache

paulo77

10/7/23, 7:23 PM

On a project I'm working on (currently on localhost on MAMP), the 404 page only works if I include the full URL with the ErrorDocument statement in the .htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 404 http://localhost:8888/project/public/404.php

I would like it so that I don't have to manually change this code as and when the site is uploaded from my localhost set up to a live server.

Because the 404 page sits at the same level as the .htaccess file in the public folder I thought I could use:

ErrorDocument 404 404.php

But this does not work, and instead just prints 404.php to the screen when a 404 page should be used.

The folder structure is below, and project is the root folder for the site.

project
— publicFolder
— privateFolder

How do I point the site to the 404.php page, without including the full URL, or in a way that will not need changing then the site is uploaded?

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ceejayoz

10/7/23, 7:46 PM

The `ErrorDocument` path is relative to your `DocumentRoot`, which should be pointed to the `public` folder.

paulo77

10/7/23, 8:40 PM

@ceejayoz I don't understand? Can you give a brief code example?

ceejayoz

10/7/23, 9:02 PM

Find your server configuration's `DocumentRoot` value. That's where `ErrorDocument` starts looking.

paulo77

10/7/23, 9:36 PM

@ceejayoz I'm using MAMP, and I believe my DocumentRoot is Applications ▹ MAMP ▹ htdocs. On that basis how do I point that to the `public` folder?

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