mod_rewrite - enabled?

[Graeme]

Simple question... is mod_rewrite enabled on the F2S hosting servers. I have a .co.uk domain registered and I'm paying for the hosting with F2S.

I have searched the forum and can see that it wasn't but I believe the platform has changed since then.

I have tried it and it doesn't seem to work but I could have a typo I havn't yet found :-(

Does anyone know for sure?

Regards
Graeme Evans

[kmount]

Hi,

Use a phpinfo page to identify this.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

[Graeme]

Its not a PHP module, Its an Apache module. phpinfo won't know.

[kmount]

My phpinfo knows, and my phpinfo shows the apache modules.

Apache Version Apache/2.2.4 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.3-1ubuntu6 mod_ssl/2.2.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e
Apache API Version 20051115
Server Administrator webmaster@localhost
Hostname:Port parity.home.lan:0
User/Group www-data(33)/33
Max Requests Per Child: 0 - Keep Alive: on - Max Per Connection: 100
Timeouts Connection: 300 - Keep-Alive: 15
Virtual Server Yes
Server Root /etc/apache2
Loaded Modules core mod_log_config mod_logio prefork http_core mod_so mod_alias mod_auth_basic mod_authn_file mod_authz_default mod_authz_groupfile mod_authz_host mod_authz_user mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_dir mod_env mod_include mod_mime mod_negotiation mod_php5 mod_rewrite mod_setenvif mod_ssl mod_status mod_suexec

[aos101]

I think yours might be showing it Chaz because you are running PHP as an Apache module, but the Webfusion servers run it as a CGI and don't show the apache2handler block of info in phpinfo().

[kmount]

Ah

Never knew why they did that.

[pierreB]

Perldiver shows 661 Apache modules installed - but can't find rewrite anywhere!

If you want to try perldiver yourself get it from
http://www.scriptsolutions.com/programs/
Its free but you have to register with the site (doesn't seem to be a problem)


This is strange because I am using WSN links script and using the option to rewrite URL's and its working OK.
So I'm confused (again!)

[php4ever]

So, is mod_rewrite available for everyone to use? I ask b/c I want to re-architect my site and want to use the ZendFramework which uses mod_rewrite. So any thoughts? Somehow I'd gotten the impression that mod_rewrite was available only for f2s internal use. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[pierreB]

Eventually found my password to login!

Out of curiosity I googled for a test script to see if I could test it.
I used this one How To Test Check If Mod_rewrite Is Enabled

Uploaded the 2 files and it works on F2S webspace.

I am using mod rewrite in another script (WSN Links)on a different F2S site and it works there.

So I think that the short answer is that it works for me!

[php4ever]

Pierre,

Many thanks! I tried the test mod_rewite script and it worked for me too!

-- php4ever