This is a default config, my changes are only here: Options ExecCGI AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all Script PUT D:/progs/xampp/xampp/htdocs/incoming/put.php The corresponding error msg for my request is: [Wed Jul 12 08:33:48 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Invalid URI in request PUT /incoming/ HTTP/1.1