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404 devil if mod_rewrite is not installed - El Forum - 11-09-2010
[eluser]reikje[/eluser]
I have gone live with a CI based application recently. When I checked the Apache access logs, I realised every request is a 404 but the whole site renders just fine. This was due to a .htaccess file as suggested here: http://codeigniter.com/wiki/mod_rewrite/
The snippet I question is:
Code:
<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
# Submitted by: ElliotHaughin
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>Since I did not have mod_rewrite installed, all the 404 errors were redirected to /index.php giving me the (false) impression that the page was working well. This might be okay for users but it will have a serious impact on how search engines see you
This section should be removed. fail fast = good