Enable mod_rewrite in xampp

For some reason my install of XAMPP didn’t have mod_rewrite automatically enabled? Not really sure why  but basically below are the instructions on how to enable .htaccess mod_rewrite in xampp.

1. Go to the directory of installation C:\xampp\apache\conf
2. Open and edit httpd.conf in a text editor

3. Find the line which contains

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

and change to

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Find all occurrences of

 AllowOverride None 

 and change to

 AllowOverride All

Now restart the apache server.
You can see now “mod_rewrite” in the Loaded Module section while doing “phpinfo()”.