How to check whether mod_rewrite is enable on server?

Question

from the command line, type

sudo a2enmod rewrite

if the rewrite mode is already enabled, it will tell you so!

1. To check if mod_rewrite module is enabled, create a new php file in your root folder of your WAMP server. Enter the following

   phpinfo();

2. Access your created file from your browser.

3. CtrlF to open a search. Search for 'mod_rewrite'. If it is enabled you see it as 'Loaded Modules'

4. If not, open httpd.conf (Apache Config file) and look for the following line.

   #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

5. Remove the pound ('#') sign at the start and save the this file.

6. Restart your apache server.

7. Access the same php file in your browser.

8. Search for 'mod_rewrite' again. You should be able to find it now.

If you are using a virtual hosts configuration file, make sure the virtual host in question has the directive AllowOverride All somewhere like this:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ...
    <Directory "directory/of/your/.htaccess">
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Basically, this states to allow processing of all .htaccess directives.

This works on CentOS:

$ sudo httpd -M |grep rewrite_module

Should output rewrite_module (shared)

If apache_get_modules() is not recognized or no info about this module in phpinfo(); try to test mod rewrite by adding those lines in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.*$ mod_rewrite.php

And mod_rewrite.php:

<?php echo "Mod_rewrite is activated!"; ?>

console:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ...
    <Directory ...>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart

If

in_array('mod_rewrite', apache_get_modules())

returns true then mod-rewrite is enabled.