mod_rewrite not working. Nothing really happens.

Hi,

url: http://localhost/dreamtutorials/tutorials/3

.htaccess code:

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /dreamtutorials/
RewriteRule ^/tutorials/(.*)$ tutorials.php?cat=$1 [L]

Code (markup):

And it should move you to: http://localhost/dreamtutorials/tutorials.php?cat=3

But it doesn't do anything, 404 not found

mod_rewrite is loaded.

 

url: http://localhost/

is whats wrong. Do it on an actual domain.

 

That's ridiculous. The host has absolutely nothing to do with mod_rewrite - it's an apache module that will function exactly the same, regardless of the hostname.

kaisellgren, where are you putting that htaccess code? At a glance, I'd suggest trying it without the first slash in the RewriteRule - i.e.
RewriteRule ^tutorials/(.*)$ tutorials.php?cat=$1 [L]

 

First of all mod_rewrite must be loaded at Apache's start time. So ask admins to see if the LoadModule and/or ActivateModule (where the case) for mod_rewrite is in place and not commented out.