Name

RewriteEngine

Synopsis

RewriteEngine on_or_off
Server config, virtual host, directory

Enables or disables the rewriting engine. If off, no rewriting is done at all. Use this directive to switch off functionality rather than commenting out Rewrite-Rule lines.

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