If you’re using mod_php, you can use apache_get_modules(). This will return an array of all enabled modules, so to check if mod_rewrite is enabled, you could simply do in_array(‘mod_rewrite’, apache_get_modules()); Unfortunately, you’re most likely trying to do this with CGI, which makes it a little bit more difficult. You can test it using the following, … Read more
Apache 2.4.3 (or maybe slightly earlier) added a new security feature that often results in this error. You would also see a log message of the form “client denied by server configuration”. The feature is requiring an authorized user identity to access a directory. It is turned on by DEFAULT in the httpd.conf that ships … Read more
If you’re prepared to re-write your PHP in JavaScript, then yes, Node.js can replace your Apache. If you place an Apache or NGINX instance running in reverse-proxy mode between your servers and your clients, you could handle some requests in JavaScript on Node.js and some requests in your Apache-hosted PHP, until you can completely replace … Read more
How WSGI, CGI, and the frameworks are all connected? Apache listens on port 80. It gets an HTTP request. It parses the request to find a way to respond. Apache has a LOT of choices for responding. One way to respond is to use CGI to run a script. Another way to respond is to … Read more
OK. I’ve triple-tested this and I am 100% sure that it is being caused by my anti-virus (ESET NOD32 ANTIVIRUS 5). Whenever I disable the Real-Time protection, the issue disappears. Today, I left the Real-Time protection off for 6-7 hours and the issue never occurred. A few moments ago, I switched it back on, only … Read more
I finally figured this out – http://blog.serendeputy.com/posts/how-to-prevent-browsers-from-caching-a-page-in-rails/ in application_controller.rb. After Ruby on Rails 5: class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base before_action :set_cache_headers private def set_cache_headers response.headers[“Cache-Control”] = “no-cache, no-store” response.headers[“Pragma”] = “no-cache” response.headers[“Expires”] = “Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT” end end Ruby on Rails 4 and older versions: class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base before_filter :set_cache_headers private def … Read more
First, note that restarting httpd is not necessary for .htaccess files. .htaccess files are specifically for people who don’t have root – ie, don’t have access to the httpd server config file, and can’t restart the server. As you’re able to restart the server, you don’t need .htaccess files and can use the main server … Read more
File extensions for cryptographic certificates aren’t really as standardized as you’d expect. Windows by default treats double-clicking a .crt file as a request to import the certificate into the Windows Root Certificate store, but treats a .cer file as a request just to view the certificate. So, they’re different in the sense that Windows has … Read more
I solved it in XAMPP by uncommenting ;extension=php_openssl.dll in /apache/bin/php.ini despite phpinfo() telling me /php/php.ini was the loaded ini file. EDIT: I guess Ezra answer is the best solution directly adding the extension line to the appropriate ini file.
To understand what mod_rewrite does you first need to understand how a web server works. A web server responds to HTTP requests. An HTTP request at its most basic level looks like this: GET /foo/bar.html HTTP/1.1 This is the simple request of a browser to a web server requesting the URL /foo/bar.html from it. It … Read more