/ errors, but /forum-name/ etc. doesn't

[Alfarin]

I'm on shared hosting (yes, bad, I know), and they allow custom compiled php.cgi, which I intend to use and slap APC on. Based on information provided, in order to tell their apache installation to use the custom compiled php, I'd need to add these lines to .htaccess:

Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler php-cgi .php
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php.cgi

I added that, and every other page seems fine, but the main page, http://www.domain.com/ doesn't. It comes up with an error, reaching the maximum redirects, does anyone have an idea as to how to resolve this?

Edit: similar issue (same host) as this one here: can not use vbseo after using custom php.ini in dreamhost

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Hello,

what is your full .htaccess file contents?
Please try to change this line in .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

to:

RewriteRule ^(cgi-bin/php.cgi/)?(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$2 [L,QSA]

[Alfarin]

Here's the .htaccess contents (if I uncomment the first 4 lines it won't work):

#Options +ExecCGI
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#AddHandler php-cgi .php
#Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php.cgi

<FilesMatch "^php5?\.(ini|cgi)$">
        Order Deny,Allow
        Deny from All
        Allow from env=REDIRECT_STATUS
</FilesMatch>

<IfModule mod_security.c>
   SecFilterEngine Off
   SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

# 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 %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|gif)$
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

Can't seem to find the line you mentioned... is it this one?

 RewriteRule ^(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

Edit:
Commented out the above line, added the recommended line, it seems to be working now.
Checking other things to see if there is any side effect, thanks!

Edit2:
Just posting back, everything seems to be working great! Thanks!!!

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Just posting back, everything seems to be working great! Thanks!!!

Great! You are welcome