Date: 11/04/07 (PHP Community)    Keywords: web, apache

Mod_rewrite seems to be the flavour of the month. I'm trying to use it on a web server that's currently set up without a domain (the domain will be switched to this server when development is finished). So the currently the site lives on a url similar to:
http://webhost-14.test.com.au/~goc/

But the catch is that the expansion:
http://webhost-14.test.com.au/home/goc/
is not true. So when mod_rewrite expands it I get a 404. :(

Sooo... how do I tell mod_rewrite not to expand home directories?

"Home directory expansion
When the substitution string begins with a string resembling "/~user" (via explicit text or backreferences), mod_rewrite performs home directory expansion independent of the presence or configuration of mod_userdir."
Apache man

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/593745.html