Setting up mod_rewrite in Apache

[shamu200]

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I can't hurt so...

 

I've installed Apache on my home pc for internal development, and I just recently wanted to start up a project that would work best with mod_rewrite. I've searched these forums and the web and have found very little on setting it up with Apache.

 

I found one tutorial that was incomplete on how to set it up, to say the least. They mentioned you needed to configure it with the following settings:

 

./configure

--enable-module=rewrite

--enable-shared=rewrite

I went into my httpd.conf file to see what was set up and found that the LoadModule line for mod_rewrite was commented out, so I uncommented it and still nothing works. I'm also unsure of where in the file to place the configuration options, so I have left them out as of now.

 

All I'm trying to do is use the RewriteRule options in my root .htaccess file to clean up the URLs. Here's the code I have in it so far:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/gallery/index/ /image_gallery/index.php

I'm not sure what else to say, so if you can help me I'd really appreciate it. If you need any more info, feel free to ask.

[zq29]

Topic moved to our Apache forum, and what OS is your box running?

[shamu200]

Ah, I never knew there was an Apache forum. Things really have changed around here since my last visit (quite a while back actually). Anyways, I'm running it on Window XP Home Edition.

[zq29]

This Apache forum is quite new actually. I have been trying to get this working on my XP Pro box too with no luck, as far as I am aware all I had to do was add/uncomment the line:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

But still no luck, any one else have any ideas?