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My article is still in the research phase Dianne. It's not easy to explain mod_rewrite in laymans terms but give me about 14 days.

Webby, any news on the laymans article for mod_rewrite?

thanks

Thanks for your interest in the article.
I need to find out a simple and effective way that a non-programmer can find out if the mod_rewrite apache module is installed. One line of code or perhaps a cgi script or php function that will tell a layman "ahha, mod_rewrite is installed/not installed".
As soon as I find the answer I can publish soon after. I've had a busy couple of weeks with existing and new clients as well so I haven't had the time to research.

Cheers
Alan

Hi Alan,

One of the easiest ways to tell what modules are available is to use the phpinfo function. If you use INFO_MODULES, you limit the information displayed to the relevant apache info you are looking for. If you leave that parameter blank, you get alot more info to sort through (but kinda neat). I am not sure how many ISP's leave this function open though, since it does give out lots of info about your system.

<?php

phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);

?>

Hope this helps,

Ron

A lot of ISPs leave it open. I also suspect mod_rewrite is one of the standard ones installed by most ISPs...OTOH I could be wrong...

Diana