Set up CakePHP in a subdirectory; Wordpress is installed in the root

Question

I have been searching for a solution for 2 hours but nothing seems to work... here is my problem:

I have WordPress installed in the root (var/www). So by going to http:

Answer 1

thanat's answer almost worked for me. i just had to edit the RewriteBase to read

RewriteBase /cakephp

and make sure apache conf allowed my root directory to override its previous options

AllowOverride All

but then again, my app dir lies outside the DocumentRoot set by apache. and the cakephp dir is actually the webroot itself. so my dir structure is as follows

/my/root
/my/root/app  #cake's app dir without webroot
/my/root/dir  #apache DocumentRoot (your wordpress is here)
/my/root/dir/cakephp  #cake's webroot

also make sure to edit /my/root/dir/cakephp/index.php so it knows where the app and cake's library dirs are.