Rewrite, .php files and PHP-FPM

["Rose, John B" <jbrose@xxxxxxx>]

Red Hat 7

Apache 2.4

PHP-FPM

We are having some trouble getting Rewrite to work with Apache 2.4/PHP-FPM

In other words, it isn't successfully working. 

Our test example:

The .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteRule ^index2.html$ index.html

    RewriteRule ^index2.php$ index.php

</IfModule>

Here is the content of index.php(In other words that is the text in the file, in addition to being the name):

"index.php"

Here is the content of index2.php:

"index2.php"

If we go to index2.php, we get "index2.php" which indicates the mod_rewrite is not working on php request.

Any suggestions on addressing the above problem?

Thanks