Enabling mod rewrite on Apache 2.4 can sometimes become tricky. If your apache version is 2.4, you may have to go to /etc/apache2/. There will be a file named apache2.conf. You have to edit that one(you need to have sudo permission). Edit the text in there to resemble the one below.

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted

Now restart apache by typing :

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Now check if your mod rewrite works as expected.