Use this code to test if  mod_rewrite installed on your server

1. Create a rewrite.php file
2. Paste this code into it

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   <p><a href="/rewrite.php?link=1">LINK1</a> = rewrite.php?link=1</p>
   <p><a href="/link2.html">LINK2</a> = link2.html</p>
   <p>How this works: both links are for this same page, except they both are different. link one is without the mod_rewrite and link2 is using mod_rewrite. Link1 show the php file, with with mod_rewrite we are mascarading the php file into a html file. you can use whatever type of extension you want, you can change it to .htm or .shtml etc... all you have to do is to make sure you also chang it in the .htaccess file</p>
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3. Create a .htaccess file with the following code

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

4. Upload both files to your www root
5. Execute rewrite.php

Links

• How To Test Mod Rewrite Works In With Apache Web Server - Original article from Webune