How To Enable / Use .htaccess / Nice permalinks in Apache Web Server on Windows
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkMonday, October 23, 2006
.htaccess is a web server directive file populalrly used in Apache Web Server in Linux / Unix environment. In windows environment there is a simple way to enable and use .htaccess. Additionally it allows you to create nice permalinks for software like WordPress or phpBB.
To use .htaccess you need to enable mod_rewrite. Even with that I didn’t have much success when I separately installed apache web server and php. However if you install XAMPP it is a piece of cake.
XAMPP automatically installs Apache web server, MySQL database, PHP and a lot of other goodies. It does not however come with mod_rewrite enabled. Let us assume you installed XAMPP in %XAMPP% directory. Then you should open %XAMPP%\apache\conf\httpd.conf in notepad and search for mod_rewrite. You will find a line like:
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Remove the # from the beginning. It will now look:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Restart the Apache web server through XAMPP control panel. You are done!
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February 16, 2010: 8:19 am
There is no # sign before LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so but I still have the same problem in my VPS hosting! Any ideas? |
 stefan |
November 12, 2009: 7:07 am
hey there… just uncommenting that line isn’t enough to get permalinks realy working. if you have separately installed PHP and Apache scroll down the config after uncommenting that line. You’ll find : change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All |
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September 30, 2009: 6:09 am
I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. The blog regarding htacess on linux is really very informative. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog keep posting. |
 Srdjan |
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March 27, 2009: 12:24 pm
i want to restrict to direct access php pages other than “index.php” waiting for reply from all experts. thanks |
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November 26, 2007: 8:21 am
Thanks, I was just reinstall my PC and try to deploy some of the application for my linux box to windows and found that it not working correctly. It thought that XAMPP will be in the same configuration for both boxes. Turn on mod_rewrite make everything back on track. |
 Veronica |
April 15, 2007: 8:31 am
Wanted to test some htaccess tips (they’re fine) and had exactly that problem on my machine with XAMPP–thank you! |
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