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==1st Method==
For Yii I had the problem where the rewrite in the htaccess file wasn't working

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Options +FollowSymLinks
IndexIgnore */*
RewriteEngine on

# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php
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This was because Apache2 didn't have rewrite enabled by default, and the default site configuration had AllowOverrides set to None

First I created a symlink
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sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load
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Then
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sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
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change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All thus:
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DocumentRoot /var/www
	<Directory />
		Options FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
	</Directory>
	<Directory /var/www/>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	</Directory>
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Restart Apache
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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2/restart
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==2nd Method==
From Zend setup:
===Configure Apache===
We need to make sure that rewrite_module is enabled in apache2 for the Zend Framework to work properly, so lets check:
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a2dismod
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Hopefully you should see rewrite listed in the list of modules that are currently enabled. If not, press enter to disable nothing and then issue:
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a2enmod rewrite
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Then we need to enable AllowOverride All in the default site file
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sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
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[...]
  DocumentRoot /var/www/
        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride All
        </Directory>
        <Directory var/www/>
                Options FollowSymLinks 
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
[...]
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Restart Apache afterwards:
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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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