mod_rewrite?

[ictin]

I want to ask if mod_rewrite is enabled on the shared hosting. I know that on the features says that is supported, but when i have uploaded my old site the rewrite was not working. When i run phpinfo i get no real information. The only information about modules is

Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b

. The functions specifics to apache from php like apache_get_modules() are not even working! SO in the end the mod_rewrite is really enabled or not? And if is not how can i have it enabled. My server is sycorax.nocdirect.com.

[Connie]

Mod_rewrite is enabled by default. If your having problems, I suggest you submit a support ticket.

[Ron]

PHP is running under CGI here, not as an Apache module, so Apache_get_modules does not work here.

mod_rewrite definitely works, many folks use it extensively here.

[Gwaihir]

Test: if it isn't enabled, and you try to use it in your .htaccess, Apache will throw an error (500, IIRC), as soon as it sees the "RewriteEngine on" directive. So, upload such a .htaccess with noting in it but

RewriteEngine on

and try a page, any page. If it works normally, you have mod_rewrite available to you and need to check your own rules set for your problem. If you see an error, have support fix mod_rewrite on your server.

[ictin]

it seems that my problem is elsewhere. I get an 404 error when using the rewrite from the site with the page not found "/home/user/public_html/index.php". And i have the index.php on this path. It may be probably because i still haven't transfered the domains from my previous host to point to my current account, and now i use the IP to see the site. And when i have put the full path in front of the index.php in .htacces was working fine.
And thanks for the quick responses!

[Gwaihir]

I get an 404 error when using the rewrite from the site with the page not found "/home/user/public_html/index.php".

That's the exact 404 you got (other than that "user" will be your username)? Then you're not redirecting correctly. Apache doesn't see that first part; its root is the webroot. So to redirect to the page that one the file system is /home/user/public_html/index.php you tell Apache to go to /index.php .

To show this: when I ask for www.gwaihir.net/nonsense I get this 404:

Not Found
The requested URL /nonsense was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


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Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.gwaihir.net Port 80

See how it refers to /nonsense, not to /home/user/public_html/nonsense ?