RewriteEngine On in every time?

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I'm wondering whether I can use RewriteEngine On only once within my htaccess when it is embed in IfModule mod_rewrite.c or do I have to use it every time because it is embeded? See example below. Thanks ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} /?author [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F] RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} g= [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L] RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] ```

Accepted Answer

You should be able to put a single check around all your rewrite code.

I suspect from your code that the site you are working on will NOT function properly or at all of mod_rewrite is not enabled. In such cases I would omit the checks for mod_rewrite completely and let the webserver fail if it is not enabled.

If you should ever end up in a situation where your code is installed on a webserver without mod_rewrite enabled it will be a lot easier to debug and pinpoint the exact problem.

RewriteEngine On in <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> every time?

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