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Here’s a little note on getting a cakephp app working in your public_html directory. In order to get the mod_rewrite configuration working, add a RewriteBase rule to the .htaccess files in the cakephp source. If your app is located in /home/me/public_html/cakesite/ and the URL to the site is http://host/~me/cakesite you’ll need to change the following .htaccess files:

/home/me/public_html/cakesite/.htaccess
/home/me/public_html/cakesite/app/webroot/.htaccess

Add the following line to these files, just below the line stating “RewriteEnginge On”:

RewriteBase /~me/cakesite/

For example, the first .htaccess file will look like:

<ifModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine on
	RewriteBase /~me/cakesite/
	RewriteRule    ^$ app/webroot/    [L]
	RewriteRule    (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</ifModule>

Bonus notes with instructions for Debian/Ubuntu systems
You should have mod_rewrite enabled:

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

To make sure the use of .htaccess files is actually allowed. In the Directory section of your apache configuration, there should be a line like:

AllowOverride FileInfo

Also, be sure to force-reload Apache after making this change.

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