Cakephp 403 error not displaying custom page

Question

I receive the standard apache 403 error page when navigating to places in mysite.com/img which translates to app/webroot/img.

I am using Cakephp 2.x and have setup the custom error400.ctp which works correctly for 404 errors as far as I have tested.

Is this an htaccess problem that is not letting cakephp handle the error? How do I get the error400.ctp page to show without hardcoding the path in .htaccess?

Here is my app/webroot .htaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Thanks!

you should have 3 htaccess files. One in / (root), one in /app, and one in /app/webroot. Paste in your code from all 3, and update your question to mention any modifications you've added to Cake's default htaccess files. — joshua.paling
This is by design, things in app/webroot are not handled by CakePHP. — dhofstet
Thanks guys for the responses! I will carry on with more important things than 403 errors. — edance

Sainesh Mamgain Sainesh Mamgain · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-29T10:12:16

In your AppController write the following code.

function beforeFilter() {
    if($this->name == 'CakeError'){
        $this->layout = 'error400';
    }
}

This will work for all the cake errors.

Cakephp 403 error not displaying custom page

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