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Asked: 2026-05-26T23:30:41+00:00

In a folder named rewrite I have two files, .htaccess and index.php <rewrite> –

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In a folder named rewrite I have two files, .htaccess and index.php

<rewrite>
- .htaccess
- index.php

In .htaccess I have this content

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)?$ index.php?id=$1 [NC,L]

and in index.php

<?php
echo $_GET['id'];
?>

Isn’t supposed when I visit http://www.domain.com/rewrite/1234 I would get an output of 1234 ?

Instead of this there is created a file application/x-httpd-php for downloading that contains the code of index.php

I am trying to figure out why I can not make this happen. What am I missing here?

UPDATE
I have tested two web servers and local server. Finally it worked on one of the web servers, meaning that it has something to do with the configurations.


What should I do about it ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Is possible that one of your servers hasn’t got the mod_rewrite activated.

    To ensure make a test:

    In a folder make two files:
    – .htaccess
    – rewrite.php

    In .htacces put:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^link([^/]*).html$ rewrite.php?link=$1 [L]

    and in rewrite.php put:

    <h2 align=center>
<?
if(isset($_GET['link']))
{
    if($_GET['link']==1){echo "Link without use mod_rewrite";}
    elseif($_GET['link']==2){echo "Congratulations!! You has used Apache's mod_rewrite and works well.";}
    else{ echo "Verify the Apache's module mod_rewrite.";}
}
?>
</h2>
<hr>
<head>
<title>Test mod_rewrite in Apache Linux</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Test mod_rewrite in Apache Linux</h1>
<p><a href="rewrite.php?link=1">Link one </a> = rewrite.php?link=1</p>
<p><a href="link2.html">Link two</a> = link2.html</p>
<ul>
<li>Test link one</li>
<li>Then test the link two</li>
<li>If with the link two if the link two goes to a not found page then you have not activated the .htaccess or apache mod_rewrite is not working.</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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