url rewrite on local machine

[ali_p]

Hi, I am trying out my first url rewrite on my local machine but it does not seem to do the rewrite.
I'm trying to rewrite this:
http://localhost/mysite/news_article.php?news_id=1
to:
http://localhost/mysite/news_article/page/1

This is what I have on my .htaccess

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^news_article/page/([0-9]+)/?$ news_article.php?news_id=$1

And this file is located in the root on the folder called mysite.

I can't figure out why its not working, I know that the rewrite mod is functioning as I tries out some basic rewrites to see if if everything that needed to be swithced on was on and working.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[bogu]

Try adding this line to your htaccess:

RewriteBase /mysite/

and view you apache error logs, you may find the problem ...