Just read the online documentation

I was very disappointed with this book. The information inside is so basic and cursory that you're bound to quickly run into situations more advanced than the contents can cover.

For instance, it doesn't deal at all with using a rewritemap within a rewritecond, and it only gives one small paragraph to rewritecond backreferences. I've spent the last few weeks scouring the internet for details about mod_rewrite, and there's very little documentation.

This book, at most, aggregates that documentation in one place. To call it the "definitive guide" is a bit much.

Other Reviews

• Great for programmers AND webmasters!
• "Definitive" might be stretching it a bit
• Just read the online documentation
• Definitely definitive
• Great way to learn how to make Apache adapt to your needs