Error Log shows -f not supported and will be ignored

I know this is just a warning, but I wanted to see what it meant and if I should bother fixing it.

RewriteCond: NoCase option for non-regex pattern '-f' is not supported and will be ignored.

Thanks

Hello Jim,

What is the content of your .htaccess file?.

Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt

Hello Jim,

What is the content of your .htaccess file?.

Code:

 
# Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php
 
# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On
 
# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Is it the only .htaccess that you have in your site?. Don't you have further details of the error registered on your error_log?.

BTW, there's a repeated line in your .htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

You should delete the one that is located at the very end of the file.

Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt

Is it the only .htaccess that you have in your site?. Don't you have further details of the error registered on your error_log?.

That's the only htaccess file I have which is in the forum/site root.

Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt

BTW, there's a repeated line in your .htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

You should delete the one that is located at the very end of the file.

Ok cool, thank you. I'll remove that now.

The issue seems to be coming from another place. Is your site hosted on a shared server?, do you have additional sites on your server? (if dedicated or VPS).

The error_log commonly shows the errors available in every website that the server hosts, so it could be a posibility that it is coming from another website.

Ah ok, that's probably it then. Yeah, I'm on a shared host using Bluehost.com to host my site.