mod rewrite is on, but the tester says it isnt..

Private Joined: Sep 10, 2004 Posts: 47

Hi, i tried to install nextgen and it failed to work. I then tested to see if mod rewrite was available and it had the following error:

http://ozband.net/mod_rewrite_test.php

I then contaced the host and they said mod rewrite was enabled and fine. Any suggestions????

Sergeant Joined: Apr 05, 2003 Posts: 94

Yep, they could have lied!
Upload a phpinfo file and check it yourself.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Aug 29, 2004 Posts: 3

did you upload the .htaccess file (which is included in the tester zip) in the same folder with the mod_rewrite_test.php Question

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 19, 2004 Posts: 11

I had the same problem and discovered it was the .htaccess file.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 19, 2005 Posts: 5

I can tell you what happened to me... same issue... Tester returrned a internal server error message at first... Then I contacted the host to verify that the mod rewrite was in fact operable... They explained to me that there are certain codes within the .htaccess file that caused the error in particular the line that contains the options string... Once removed from the .htaccess file, the test returned a postive installation of mod_rewrite message...

Long story short, even after verifying this I have had a devil of a time trying to get the google tap to work. At the moment still without luck. Anyway anyone might no where in the .htaccess file this prohibitive code lies...?

I'd love to get the google tap working... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jun 03, 2004 Posts: 9

You can check for modwrite with a php file including only the following:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

I recently ran into a problem with mod_rewrite on a host that required slightly different syntax:

Oddball hosting company Syntax:
RewriteRule ^index.html$ /index.php

Most Hosting Companies Syntax:
RewriteRule ^index.html index.php

Try both of those lines in your .htaccess file (not at the same time!) and see if http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html works.

Nuke Cadet Joined: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 4

hi,
I've been experiencing the same problem,

this is my .htaccess file :

Quote:

Options +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(mod_rewrite_test.php)$ mod_rewrite_test.php?check_mod_rewrite=1 [QSA]
RewriteRule ^$ mod_rewrite_test.php?check_mod_rewrite=1 [QSA]
</IfModule>

all I did to enable mod_rewrite was to enable these two lines in the httpd.conf file:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
and
AddModule mod_rewrite.c

Nuke Cadet Joined: Aug 23, 2005 Posts: 4

I have tried the tester script supplied by gt-nextgen. It said that I had not got mod_rewrite enabled.

I showed the files to my web host and he replied with the following:

Quote:

I've had a look through the source code and .htaccess file that are relevant
to the URL above. On line 68 of the PHP file there's the following code:

if (!empty($check_mod_rewrite)) {

I don't know how much PHP you know but basically the above is a very poor way
of writing the below:

if (!empty($_GET["check_mod_rewrite"])) {

We have this method disabled as it has posed various security problems in the
past.

The outcome of which, mod_rewrite was enabled and now Google Tap is working - I am having a slightly different problem with it but will post a new thread.

www.bodyweapon.co.uk/ for anybody interested in seeing it in action!