How to detect mod_rewrite without apache_get_modules()?

Question

Is it possible to detect mod_rewrite in PHP when function apache_get_modules() is not available?

Answer 1

You can check if the rewrite.load file exists in the Apache mods-enable directory. In my Ubuntu system this file is located at /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load

When the module is disabled, the file is located at mods-available instead.

Answer 2

You could analyze the output of phpinfo():

ob_start();
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
$contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
var_dump(strpos($contents, 'mod_rewrite') !== false);