Enable 'mod_rewrite' Using .htaccess File On cPanel Shared Hosting Server

Enable 'mod_rewrite' Using .htaccess File On cPanel Shared Hosting Server - .htaccess files are extremely useful in many cases for users who either do not have root permissions or for users who simply aren't comfortable in making changes in their web server's configuration file. Trying to debug .htaccess not working isn't always the easiest thing to do, however, hopefully by checking the discuss below mentioned about apache, htaccess, mod-rewrite, , .htaccess common problems as well as the troubleshooting tips, you'll have a better grasp on what you may have to modify to get your .htaccess file running smoothly.Problem :

I'm using cPanel to host my website. I need to enable 'mod_rewrite' on this Shared Hosting cPanel account to run my script. I've tried to Google the solutions high and low but did not find any luck yet.

Those tutorials that I found only work well with VPS and some of them said that, only hosting provider can change and enable it. But, some of them said that, it can be done easily by editing the .htaccess file.

My question:
If I want to edit the .htaccess file, what should I include in that file?
What the 'rules' and 'conditions' that should be included?

Solution :

cPanel is not inherently involved here, by the way.

Do you actually know if you're allowed to do this? Not all hosts allow such config changes via .htaccess. You should probably contact support to check.

If you already know it's possible, you can add:

RewriteEngine On 

to your .htaccess file. Just put it near the top so it's before any rewrite rules.

Additionally, if you would like to do some further testing, give the htaccess tester tool a try. It allows you to specify a certain URL as well as the rules you would like to include and then shows which rules were tested, which ones met the criteria, and which ones were executed.