Apache Mod Rewrite

Mod_rewrite, the Apache web server's URL rewriting utility, allows the translation of client requests based on a number of rules. For example:

RewriteRule   ^oldstuff\.html$  newstuff.html

will translate a request named oldstuff.html to newstuff.html before it is requested from the server.

Following are a set of useful resources for using mod_rewrite

• apache documentation on mod_rewrite
• File:Mod rewrite cheat.pdf from [1].
• This url can help writing very basic rewriting rules for mapping directory-like request to a dynamic request (e.g. www.dot.com/page/main -> www.dot.com/index.php?page=main).