path. However, it can also be used to redirect one URL to another URL, or
to invoke an internal proxy fetch.</p>
- <p><module>mod_rewrite</module> provides a flexible and powerful way to
- manipulate URLs using an unlimited number of rules. Each rule can have an
+ <p>It provides a flexible and powerful way to manipulate URLs using an
+ unlimited number of rules. Each rule can have an
unlimited number of attached rule conditions, to allow you to rewrite URLs
- based on server variables, environment variables, cookies, HTTP headers, or time
- stamps.</p>
-
- <p><module>mod_rewrite</module> can operate on the <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a>,
- or any portion of it (including any <a href="core.html#acceptpathinfo">trailing pathname information</a>).
- It can also alter the query string (<a href="../expr.html#vars"><code>%{QUERY_STRING}</code></a>).</p>
+ based on server variables, environment variables, cookies, HTTP headers,
+ or timestamps. Rules can operate on the
+ <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a> (including any
+ <a href="core.html#acceptpathinfo">trailing pathname information</a>)
+ and can also alter the
+ <a href="../expr.html#vars">query string</a>.</p>
<p>A rewrite rule
can be invoked in the server configuration files, or in <glossary