module rewrite loaded but not redirecting

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REALLY need help with rewriting urls with htaccess. am assuring u that i ve done almost all i could i ve even copied a codes directly form tutorials.

my phpinfo says mod_rewrite is loaded and here is my htaccess file

# Start the engine. Vroooom.
RewriteEngine On
 
# This resolves paths to the current directory. (You may or may not need this).
RewriteBase /
 
# And the rule.
#RewriteRule ^ fakepath/?$ index.php
 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
 

the htaccess file is in localhost/wamp/www/mywebsite/
my php

<?php
 
define( 'PUBLIC' , 1 );
define( 'WEBROOT' , dirname(__FILE__) );
define( 'DS' , DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR );
 
echo WEBROOT;
$req = substr(WEBROOT,strpos(WEBROOT,'abcai') + 1);
header('location:templates/blue_facad/index.php?'.$req);
exit;
?>
 

please help me am new to apache and MVCs

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Am using apache 2.2.11 and just discovered that in my httpd config the AccessFileName was not there i copied from internet and pasted there but still not working