[jay3ld]

I wanted to do some testing with mod_rewrite before i put it on the web. So using my mac I made sure mod_rewrite was on.
Now the problem is my mac isn't wanting to use mod rewrite. I have one on my online website and its working just fine. copy the same stuff over from the .htaccess and it doesn't work on the test site (my mac).
Has anyone tried to use mod_rewrite on a mac? anything i need to change? I already made sure it was running in my httpd.conf in etc/httpd/ and restarted my web server twice... no luck.

[Exizl del Fuego]

Where is your local site stored? Is it in your user directory? If so, you have to enable mod_rewrite specifically for a user's web directory. There's a lot of info on Google about Mac )S X + Apache + mod_rewrite. Here's a quick one I grabbed: http://www.clagnut.com/blog/350/

Hope that helps!

[jay3ld]

how odd. that worked. I thought I had it enabled in my httpd.conf
I dont got user.conf thouh. i disabled that user ~ thing because Im the only web designer on my network

[Exizl del Fuego]

Is Apache's Document Root still set to /Library/WebServer/Documents? If I understand it correctly, httpd.conf's mod_rewrite settings will only apply to Apache's document root. If you want it applied elsewhere, you have to tell it specifically. In OSX Client, this means the user.conf, in OSX Server this means the site.conf.

I usually just place my websites in /Library/WebServer/Documents, and symlink the site's directory into the corresponding project's folder located elsewhere.

[jay3ld]

no. its set to my users site folder. but its working. so i guess disabling that ~user stuff might of fixed it. but in the users folder under etc/httpd/ there is no users files.. hmmm.