mod_rewrite on "Internal Server Error"

[bordr415]

Ok, I've been searching endless through google and yahoo. Figured you guys have it figured out so came here for some help.

 

To make a long story short every time I enter "RewriteEngine On" into .htaccess I get an "Internal Server Error".

 

error.log shows:

Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

or in my other tests:

Invalid command 'RewriteCond', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

 

the real kicker is my httpd.conf:

LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so

 

I have tried every example of htaccess file I can find from simple to complex and none of them work when using rewrite commands. I am semi-new to php have used asp for some time but have started to transition towards php for the flexibility of it. My pages only show Internal Server Error when I have anything related to Rewrite in the htaccess. What am I doing wrong or what setting needs to be changed?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

After you modified httpd.conf, did you stop and start the web server to get that change to take effect?