How do I turn it on?  (mod_rewrite)

Is it PHP or Apache?  Pros?  Cons?

Forgive my ignorance, just never used it and have installed a script that suggests it be turned on...

Originally posted by croakingtoad
How do I turn it on?  (mod_rewrite)

Is it PHP or Apache?  Pros?  Cons?

Forgive my ignorance, just never used it and have installed a script that suggests it be turned on...

In your .htaccess,

RewriteEngine On

and then your rewrite ommands. You will of course need the permissions to do that (FileInfo override I believe) and mod_rewrite will have to be loaded into apache (in the main config) or you'll get a 50x error.

Read the mod_rewrite documentation at apache.org
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html

I would like to also quickly add (since I USED to do this) ... Do not place your mod-rewrite rules directly in your httpd.cong file. Always try to use a .htaccess file.

Clint