mod_rewrite and Apache

saifurab · 09-03-2010, 11:50 AM

CentOS release 5.4 (Final)
Server version: Apache/2.2.3
PHP 5.1.6

I have this line in my httpd.conf

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

and also

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

and if see phpinfo(), this also shows mod_rewrite module is installed.

i used this link

Code:

http://www.webune.com/forums/how-to-test-check-if-mod-rewrite-is-enabled-t40.html

to test mod_rewrite but i get 404 error.

Please help

Saif

bathory · 09-03-2010, 12:23 PM

Hi,

Check apache error_log to see what file it looks for and gives the 404 error. To see if you have mod_rewrite enable, run:

Code:

httpd -M|grep rewrite

Re. the error, are you sure you did the copy/paste correctly? Also the name of the file must be rewrite.php if you want the RewriteRule to work.

Lastly, it's better to leave "AllowOverride None" for the "/" directory and use "AllowOverride All" for /var/www/html.

Regards

saifurab · 09-03-2010, 10:29 PM

Quote:

# httpd -M |grep rewrite
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
mpm_prefork_module (static)
http_module (static)
so_module (static)
auth_basic_module (shared)
auth_digest_module (shared)
authn_file_module (shared)
authn_alias_module (shared)
authn_anon_module (shared)
authn_dbm_module (shared)
authn_default_module (shared)
authz_host_module (shared)
authz_user_module (shared)
authz_owner_module (shared)
authz_groupfile_module (shared)
authz_dbm_module (shared)
authz_default_module (shared)
ldap_module (shared)
authnz_ldap_module (shared)
include_module (shared)
log_config_module (shared)
logio_module (shared)
env_module (shared)
ext_filter_module (shared)
mime_magic_module (shared)
expires_module (shared)
deflate_module (shared)
headers_module (shared)
usertrack_module (shared)
setenvif_module (shared)
mime_module (shared)
dav_module (shared)
status_module (shared)
autoindex_module (shared)
info_module (shared)
dav_fs_module (shared)
vhost_alias_module (shared)
negotiation_module (shared)
dir_module (shared)
actions_module (shared)
speling_module (shared)
userdir_module (shared)
alias_module (shared)
rewrite_module (shared)
proxy_module (shared)
proxy_balancer_module (shared)
proxy_ftp_module (shared)
proxy_http_module (shared)
proxy_connect_module (shared)
cache_module (shared)
suexec_module (shared)
disk_cache_module (shared)
file_cache_module (shared)
mem_cache_module (shared)
cgi_module (shared)
version_module (shared)
perl_module (shared)
php5_module (shared)
proxy_ajp_module (shared)
python_module (shared)
ssl_module (shared)

and rewrite.php

Quote:

<?php /* mod_rewrite Test Page *//* Copyright 2006 Webune.com */

if($_GET['link']==1){
echo 'You are not using mod_rewrite - Try LINK2';
}
elseif($_GET['link']==2){echo'Congratulations!! You are using Apache mod_rewrite';}

else{echo 'Linux Apache mod_rewrte Test Tutorial';} ?>

And when I did AllowOveride All for /var/www/html and i tried to open http://domainame/test/rewrite.php, i receive 500 error

And if you have any simple example to test please let me know. Since, I am sys admin not programmer

bathory · 09-04-2010, 08:08 AM

Hi,

The easiest way to test, is to redirect a non existing page to an existing one, e.g:

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule nonexistent.html index.html

Regards