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by codedokode 36 days ago
I think "rewrite" is rarely used nowadays? Isn't it something from old days of PHP and Apache?
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"old days of PHP and Apache" ...

Apache still runs about 23-28% of websites (with some measurements suggesting it is pretty close to equal with nginx). PHP is still in use by 70-80% of websites (numbers vary depending on where you look).

You make it sound like both pieces of tech are irrelevant. Nothing could be further from the truth.

some quick googled examples (like I said other sites' numbers vary, but you get the general idea):

https://www.wappalyzer.com/technologies/web-servers/ https://kinsta.com/php-market-share/

We are talking about an nginx feature (which is commonly used btw), an Apache feature with a similar name and perhaps even vaguely similar functionality is not relevant.
PHP? You mean that little language behind WordPress?