Question

How to check if mod_rewrite is enabled on customer's website?

Answer

  1. Check the following module on the corresponding Web Server in the list of Apache modules:

    # httpd -M | grep rewrite
Syntax OK
rewrite_module (shared)

  2. Check that this module is enabled via phpinfo page for this domain. Create phpinfo.php file with the following content in the root directory of the webste:

    <?php
phpinfo();
?>

    Access http://example.com/phpinfo.php and make sure that MOD_REWRITE module is shown as 'enabled'.

  3. Modify .htaccess file to enable mod_rewrite for a single website:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#check if mod rewrite is enabled
SetEnv MOD_REWRITE enabled

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

    The above .htaccess file (if placed in the DocumentRoot) will redirect all traffic to the index.php file of the website root directory.

  4. Create the following files to test mod_rewrite module:

    # cat /var/www/vhosts/example.com/test_rewrite/.htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.*$ mod_rewrite.php

# cat /var/www/vhosts/example.com/test_rewrite/mod_rewrite.php
<?php echo "Mod_rewrite is activated!"; ?>

    and access the url http://example.com/test_rewrite/

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