Zend Framework 1 .htaccess in subdirectory - zend-framework

Question

I have use Zend framework 1 on Linux Apache web server and have to put it in the sub-folder named "go" and i put the .htaccess with these line in it(inside go folder) :
# Rewrite rules for Zend Framework
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/$1 [QSA,L]
and what I've got after entering my domain.com/go is :
Not Found
The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to
use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
What i does wrong ?
after changing "/public" to "public" i also get the "not found" error .
I use subdomain like : go.domain.com for my app but i want to know why my first method don't work ? Don't .htaccess works on subdirectory ?

Answer 1

you need to use RewriteBase in order for this to work
RewriteBase /go
and still put the .htaccess in the public folder , not anywhere else.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase

Answer 2

The following solution worked for me:
First, place a .htaccess file in /go directory with following content
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [NC,L]
This will redirect every request made to /go url to public directory.
Next, make sure you don't have any RewriteBase in your /go/public/.htaccess file unless needed.
At last, create a controller plugin and put the following code in routeStartup().
Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()
->getRequest()
->setBaseUrl('/database/');
This last step will make it easy for you to add resources (css, js, images) to your HTML by using just $this->baseUrl() helper. You won't have to add /go with each file path.