apache mod_rewrite is not working or not enabled

Question

I have installed rewrite_module and modified php.ini on Apache.

I create rewrite.php and .htaccess files, but it's not working.

My filesystem folders like:

/var/www/html
/var/www/html/test
/var/www/html/test/.htaccess
/var/www/html/test/rewrite.php

/var/www/html/.htaccess content is:

$ cat /var/www/html/test/.htaccess 

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteRule ^link([^/]*).html$ rewrite.php?link=$1 [L]

/var/www/html/rewrite.php

$ cat /var/www/html/test/rewrite.php 

<html>
<h2 align=center> 
<?php 
// mod_rewrite Test Page 
// Copyright 2006 Webune.com 
if($_GET['link']==1){echo"You are not using mod_rewrite";} 
elseif($_GET['link']==2){echo"Congratulations!! You are using Apache mod_rewrite";} 
else{echo"Linux Apache mod_rewrte Test Tutorial";} 
?> 
</h2> 
<hr> 
<head> 
<title>How To Test mod_rewrite in Apache Linux Server</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
<p align="center">by <a href="http://www.webune.com">Webune</a></p> 
<p><a href="rewrite.php?link=1">LINK1</a> = rewrite.php?link=1</p>
<p><a href="link2.html">LINK2</a> = link2.html</p> 
<p>How this works: both links are for this same page, except they both are different. link one is without the mod_rewrite and link2 is using mod_rewrite. Link1 show the php file, with with mod_rewrite we are mascarading the php file into a html file. you can use whatever type of extension you want, you can change it to .htm or .shtml etc... all you have to do is to make sure you also chang it in the .htaccess file</p> 
<p>&lt;&lt; <a href="http://www.webune.com/forums/viewtopic-p-62.html">Go back to webune forums.</a></p> 
</body> 
</html>

mod_rewrite.so is installed.

$ ls -l mod_rewrite.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 59256 Sep 20 23:34 mod_rewrite.so

rewrite_module is loaded.

$ cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | grep mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

AllowOverride setting

$ cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
<Directory "/var/www/html">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride None

    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

score 94 · Accepted Answer · edited May 22 '18 at 08:42

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Try setting: "AllowOverride All".

edited May 22 '18 at 08:42

PJunior

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answered Nov 04 '11 at 03:26

Jarrod

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This answer worked for me, if I may make a friendly suggestion I think it would be best if you brought some more of the answer from the link into your answer here. – amgraham Jan 19 '17 at 21:52
In my ubuntu 20.04 server, I had to add it in `/etc/apache/apache2.conf` file – Khalilullah Jul 06 '22 at 14:43

score 14 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 29 '16 at 20:48

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Please try

sudo a2enmod rewrite

or use correct apache restart command

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

edited Feb 29 '16 at 20:48

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 06:51

ASHOK

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but I have no 'a2enmod' command. because, my apahce is [yum install apache] – rc1021 Oct 19 '11 at 07:03
Which OS do you using ? (CentOS, Ubuntu etc) – ASHOK Oct 19 '11 at 07:08
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My OS is "AWS EC2 t1.micro". sorry, busy later. – rc1021 Oct 19 '11 at 08:59

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 18 '13 at 22:27

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It's working.

my solution is:

1.create a test.conf into /etc/httpd/conf.d/test.conf

2.wrote some rule, like:

<Directory "/var/www/html/test">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^link([^/]*).html$ rewrite.php?link=$1 [L]
</Directory>

3.restart your Apache server.

4.try again yourself.

edited Dec 18 '13 at 22:27

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 12:39

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It is good that you found a solution, but don't finish your answer with another question. – slugster Oct 20 '11 at 10:03
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Note that if you put these directives into httpd.conf instead of .htaccess, the Directory tag is required. – Aaron Sep 01 '16 at 19:32

Brad Parks · Answer 4 · 2017-07-27T18:57:04.403

To get mod_rewrite to work for me in Apache 2.4, I had to add the "Require all granted" line below.

<Directory /var/www>
   # Required if running apache > 2.4
   Require all granted

   RewriteEngine on 
   RewriteRule ^cachebust-([a-z0-9]+)\/(.*) /$2 [L] 
 </Directory>

supposedly a similar requirement exists for Apache 2.2 as well, if you're using that:

<Directory /var/www>
   # Required if running apache 2.2
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all

   RewriteEngine on 
   RewriteRule ^cachebust-([a-z0-9]+)\/(.*) /$2 [L] 
 </Directory>

Note that an ErrorDocument 404 directive can sometimes override these things as well, so if it's not working try commenting out your ErrorDocument directive and see if it works. The above example can be used to ensure a site isn't served from cache by including a subfolder in the path, though the files reside at the root of the server.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 26 '17 at 03:59

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On centOS7 I changed the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

from AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All

answered Aug 26 '17 at 03:59

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 20 '23 at 16:45

I finally got this working on the initial startup/run of the docker-compose file by simply using the RUN and CMD commands inside the docker file. I have to restart Apache after enabling the mod rewrite.

# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1

FROM php:8.1.1-apache
RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli && docker-php-ext-enable mysqli && a2enmod rewrite;
CMD apachectl -k restart; apachectl -D FOREGROUND
ENTRYPOINT [ "a2enmod rewrite" ]

I also have the following in my .htaccess file that is in the root of my php server root.

# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>