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Open any web browser browser and type following the URL, 'localhost/check. php'. It will display the PHP version details and Apache Configuration. In Apache Configuration, search for the Loaded Modules section, and there you will find all the modules that are enabled.
Save the file and type the URL yoursite.com/foobar/ . If the reditect works and the URL gets redireted to the homepage of example.com then it's clear that your htaccess is working and being read by your Apache server. If it still doesn't work then the problem might be that your hosting provider has not enabled it.
If you're using mod_php, you can use apache_get_modules(). This will return an array of all enabled modules, so to check if mod_rewrite is enabled, you could simply do
in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules());
Unfortunately, you're most likely trying to do this with CGI, which makes it a little bit more difficult.
You can test it using the following, though
strpos(shell_exec('/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl -l'), 'mod_rewrite') !== false
If the above condition evaluates to true, then mod_write is enabled.
<?php
if(!function_exists('apache_get_modules') ){ phpinfo(); exit; }
$res = 'Module Unavailable';
if(in_array('mod_rewrite',apache_get_modules()))
$res = 'Module Available';
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>A mod_rewrite availability check !</title></head>
<body>
<p><?php echo apache_get_version(),"</p><p>mod_rewrite $res"; ?></p>
</body>
</html>
I like Christian Roy's solution:
### .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Tell PHP that the mod_rewrite module is ENABLED.
SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# The rest of your rewrite rules here
</IfModule>
Then, you can check in your PHP code for
array_key_exists('HTTP_MOD_REWRITE', $_SERVER);
No idea if this works also with IIS (I have no way to check) but the odds are good.
Upload a file called info.php with this code and run it:
<?php
phpinfo();
Search for mod_rewrite on the page, and see if you can find it under Loaded Modules.
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