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chrisjlee
Asked: 2012-02-18 14:23:04 +0800 CST

Cheap test for determining if mod_rewrite is on in htaccess?

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This is a common gripe of mine.

I was curious if there is a cheap test to know if mod_rewrite is on?

Is there a directive that i can add to the htaccess file to determine if mod_rewrite is on?

mod-rewrite

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ...
</IfModule>
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  2. I wanted to expand on the previous answer:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteLog "/absolute/path/to/your/wwwroot/public_html/rewrite.log"
  RewriteLogLevel 5
</IfModule>

    If rewrite is on it'll log any rewrites that one may have. But it should be turned off as it is expensive on the server and wouldn't be ideal for a heavy production server.

    Also, i can run: httpd -t -D DUMP_MODULES to see what modules are running for apache.

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