Forum Moderators: coopster
Coming back to mod_rewrite question I want to say that it's really useful apache feature really makes site more user friendly. But I have a question, why a lot of popular PHP scripts (payed and not) still don't use mod_rewrite module possibilities and we have to find patches and download and install additional upgrades to make our sites more SE friendly.
For example: PHP BB is a very popular forum with rich functionality has no this feature. I like this forum script but I couldn't use it without mod_rewrite. I had to google the decision and I've found it but I'm not a programmer and I was afraid to crash the script. Than I was obliged to find a programmer to solve my problem
I think we need some standards in script coding. Why we can't get completed web solutions. We can get "something like" completed solution only and have to spend time and money to create create completed site satisfying all INTERNET rules.
Regards, INTEMPO
[edited by: coopster at 10:28 pm (utc) on Dec. 19, 2006]
[edit reason] removed url TOS [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]
Most PHP script systems are written to be installed on multiple servers; not just Apache.
Also, mod_rewrite is a bear to program. If you make even a teeny mistake, it can send your server into fits. It can also introduce very subtle bugs that are very difficult to track down.
I would highly recommend against requiring mod_rewrite in any standards.
