Apache HTTP Server Version 2.5

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# mod_rewrite and .htaccess files

This document supplements the `mod_rewrite` reference documentation. It describes the way that the rules change when you use `mod_rewrite` in .htaccess files, and how to deal with these changes.

### See also

- Module documentation
- mod_rewrite introduction
- Redirection and remapping
- Virtual hosts
- Proxying
- Using RewriteMap
- Advanced techniques
- When not to use mod_rewrite