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22 <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_mime</h1>
24 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_mime.html"> en </a> | <a href="../ja/mod/mod_mime.html"> ja </a></p>
26 <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Associates the requested filename's extensions
27 with the file's behavior (handlers and filters)
28 and content (mime-type, language, character set and
30 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
31 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>mime_module</td></tr>
32 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_mime.c</td></tr></table>
35 <p>This module is used to associate various bits of "meta
36 information" with files by their filename extensions. This
37 information relates the filename of the document to it's
38 mime-type, language, character set and encoding. This
39 information is sent to the browser, and participates in content
40 negotiation, so the user's preferences are respected when
41 choosing one of several possible files to serve. See
42 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> for more information
43 about <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>.</p>
45 <p>The directives <code class="directive"><a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> are all used to map file
46 extensions onto the meta-information for that file. Respectively
47 they set the character set, content-encoding, content-language,
48 and MIME-type (content-type) of documents. The directive <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> is used to specify a
49 file which also maps extensions onto MIME types. </p>
51 <p>In addition, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> may define the <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> and <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> that originate and process
52 content. The directives <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code> control the modules
53 or scripts that serve the document. The <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive allows
54 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> to consider these file extensions
55 to be included when testing Multiviews matches.</p>
57 <p>While <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> associates meta-information
58 with filename extensions, the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code> server
59 provides directives that are used to associate all the files in a
60 given container (<em>e.g.</em>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code>, or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files"><Files></a></code>) with particular
61 meta-information. These directives include <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code>. The core directives
62 override any filename extension mappings defined in
63 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>.</p>
65 <p>Note that changing the meta-information for a file does not
66 change the value of the <code>Last-Modified</code> header.
67 Thus, previously cached copies may still be used by a client or
68 proxy, with the previous headers. If you change the
69 meta-information (language, content type, character set or
70 encoding) you may need to 'touch' affected files (updating
71 their last modified date) to ensure that all visitors are
72 receive the corrected content headers.</p>
74 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
76 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></li>
77 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></li>
78 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></li>
79 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></li>
80 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></li>
81 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></li>
82 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addtype">AddType</a></li>
83 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#defaultlanguage">DefaultLanguage</a></li>
84 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#modmimeusepathinfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a></li>
85 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></li>
86 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removecharset">RemoveCharset</a></li>
87 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeencoding">RemoveEncoding</a></li>
88 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removehandler">RemoveHandler</a></li>
89 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></li>
90 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removelanguage">RemoveLanguage</a></li>
91 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></li>
92 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removetype">RemoveType</a></li>
93 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></li>
97 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></li>
98 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#contentencoding">Content encoding</a></li>
99 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></li>
100 </ul><h3>See also</h3>
102 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code></li>
103 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
104 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
105 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code></li>
106 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
107 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
108 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
110 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
111 <div class="section">
112 <h2><a name="multipleext" id="multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></h2>
113 <p>Files can have more than one extension, and the order of the
114 extensions is <em>normally</em> irrelevant. For example, if the
115 file <code>welcome.html.fr</code> maps onto content type
116 <code>text/html</code> and language French then the file
117 <code>welcome.fr.html</code> will map onto exactly the same information.
118 If more than one extension is given which maps onto the same
119 type of meta-information, then the one to the right will be
120 used. For example, if <code>.gif</code> maps to the MIME-type
121 <code>image/gif</code> and <code>.html</code> maps to the MIME-type
122 <code>text/html</code>, then the file <code>welcome.gif.html</code>
123 will be associated with the MIME-type <code>text/html</code>.</p>
125 <p>Care should be taken when a file with multiple extensions
126 gets associated with both a MIME-type and a handler. This will
127 usually result in the request being by the module associated
128 with the handler. For example, if the <code>.imap</code>
129 extension is mapped to the handler <code>imap-file</code> (from
130 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imap.html">mod_imap</a></code>) and the <code>.html</code> extension is
131 mapped to the MIME-type <code>text/html</code>, then the file
132 <code>world.imap.html</code> will be associated with both the
133 <code>imap-file</code> handler and <code>text/html</code> MIME-type.
134 When it is processed, the <code>imap-file</code> handler will be used,
135 and so it will be treated as a <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imap.html">mod_imap</a></code> imagemap
137 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
138 <div class="section">
139 <h2><a name="contentencoding" id="contentencoding">Content encoding</a></h2>
140 <p>A file of a particular MIME type can additionally be encoded a
141 particular way to simplify transmission over the Internet.
142 While this usually will refer to compression, such as
143 <code>gzip</code>, it can also refer to encryption, such a
144 <code>pgp</code> or to an encoding such as UUencoding, which is
145 designed for transmitting a binary file in an ASCII (text)
148 <p>The <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">HTTP/1.1
149 RFC</a>, section 14.11 puts it this way:</p>
151 <blockquote cite="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">
152 <p>The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to
153 the media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional
154 content codings have been applied to the entity-body, and thus what
155 decoding mechanisms must be applied in order to obtain the media-type
156 referenced by the Content-Type header field. Content-Encoding is
157 primarily used to allow a document to be compressed without losing
158 the identity of its underlying media type.</p>
161 <p>By using more than one file extension (see <a href="#multipleext">section above about multiple file
162 extensions</a>), you can indicate that a file is of a
163 particular <em>type</em>, and also has a particular
164 <em>encoding</em>. </p>
166 <p>For example, you may have a file which is a Microsoft Word
167 document, which is pkzipped to reduce its size. If the
168 <code>.doc</code> extension is associated with the Microsoft
169 Word file type, and the <code>.zip</code> extension is
170 associated with the pkzip file encoding, then the file
171 <code>Resume.doc.zip</code>would be known to be a pkzip'ed Word
174 <p>Apache sends a <code>Content-encoding</code> header with the
175 resource, in order to tell the client browser about the
178 <div class="example"><p><code>Content-encoding: pkzip</code></p></div>
179 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
180 <div class="section">
181 <h2><a name="charset-lang" id="charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></h2>
182 <p>In addition to file type and the file encoding,
183 another important piece of information is what language a
184 particular document is in, and in what character set the file
185 should be displayed. For example, the document might be written
186 in the Vietnamese alphabet, or in Cyrillic, and should be
187 displayed as such. This information, also, is transmitted in
190 <p>The character set, language, encoding and mime type are all
191 used in the process of content negotiation (See
192 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>) to determine
193 which document to give to the client, when there are
194 alternative documents in more than one character set, language,
195 encoding or mime type. All filename extensions associations
196 created with <code class="directive"><a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></code>,
197 <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives
198 (and extensions listed in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code>) participate in this select process.
199 Filename extensions that are only associated using the <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code> directives may be included or excluded
200 from matching by using the <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive.</p>
202 <h3><a name="charset" id="charset">Charset</a></h3>
203 <p>To convey this further information, Apache optionally sends
204 a <code>Content-Language</code> header, to specify the language
205 that the document is in, and can append additional information
206 onto the <code>Content-Type</code> header to indicate the
207 particular character set that should be used to correctly
208 render the information.</p>
210 <div class="example"><p><code>
211 Content-Language: en, fr<br />
212 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
215 <p>The language specification is the two-letter abbreviation
216 for the language. The <code>charset</code> is the name of the
217 particular character set which should be used.</p>
220 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
221 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddCharset" id="AddCharset">AddCharset</a> <a name="addcharset" id="addcharset">Directive</a></h2>
222 <table class="directive">
223 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified content
225 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddCharset <var>charset</var> <var>extension</var>
226 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
227 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
228 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
229 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
230 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
232 <p>The <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive maps the given
233 filename extensions to the specified content charset. <var>charset</var>
234 is the MIME charset parameter of filenames containing
235 <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
236 overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
237 <var>extension</var>.</p>
239 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
240 AddLanguage ja .ja<br />
241 AddCharset EUC-JP .euc<br />
242 AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .jis<br />
243 AddCharset SHIFT_JIS .sjis
246 <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.ja.jis</code> will be treated
247 as being a Japanese document whose charset is <code>ISO-2022-JP</code>
248 (as will the document <code>xxxx.jis.ja</code>). The
249 <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive is useful for both to
250 inform the client about the character encoding of the document so that
251 the document can be interpreted and displayed appropriately, and for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>,
252 where the server returns one from several documents based on
253 the client's charset preference.</p>
255 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
256 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
260 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
261 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
264 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
265 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddEncoding" id="AddEncoding">AddEncoding</a> <a name="addencoding" id="addencoding">Directive</a></h2>
266 <table class="directive">
267 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified encoding
269 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddEncoding <var>MIME-enc</var> <var>extension</var>
270 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
271 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
272 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
273 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
274 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
276 <p>The <code class="directive">AddEncoding</code> directive maps the given
277 filename extensions to the specified encoding type. <var>MIME-enc</var>
278 is the MIME encoding to use for documents containing the
279 <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
280 overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
281 <var>extension</var>.</p>
283 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
284 AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<br />
285 AddEncoding x-compress .Z
288 <p>This will cause filenames containing the <code>.gz</code> extension
289 to be marked as encoded using the <code>x-gzip</code> encoding, and
290 filenames containing the <code>.Z</code> extension to be marked as
291 encoded with <code>x-compress</code>.</p>
293 <p>Old clients expect <code>x-gzip</code> and <code>x-compress</code>,
294 however the standard dictates that they're equivalent to
295 <code>gzip</code> and <code>compress</code> respectively. Apache does
296 content encoding comparisons by ignoring any leading <code>x-</code>.
297 When responding with an encoding Apache will use whatever form
298 (<em>i.e.</em>, <code>x-foo</code> or <code>foo</code>) the
299 client requested. If the client didn't specifically request a
300 particular form Apache will use the form given by the
301 <code>AddEncoding</code> directive. To make this long story
302 short, you should always use <code>x-gzip</code> and
303 <code>x-compress</code> for these two specific encodings. More
304 recent encodings, such as <code>deflate</code> should be
305 specified without the <code>x-</code>.</p>
307 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
308 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
311 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
312 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddHandler" id="AddHandler">AddHandler</a> <a name="addhandler" id="addhandler">Directive</a></h2>
313 <table class="directive">
314 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the filename extensions to the specified
316 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddHandler <var>handler-name</var> <var>extension</var>
317 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
318 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
319 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
320 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
321 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
323 <p>Files having the name <var>extension</var> will be served by the
324 specified <var><a href="../handler.html">handler-name</a></var>. This
325 mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that
326 already exist for the same <var>extension</var>. For example, to
327 activate CGI scripts with the file extension <code>.cgi</code>, you
330 <div class="example"><p><code>
331 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
334 <p>Once that has been put into your httpd.conf file, any file containing
335 the <code>.cgi</code> extension will be treated as a CGI program.</p>
337 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
338 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
342 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
345 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
346 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddInputFilter" id="AddInputFilter">AddInputFilter</a> <a name="addinputfilter" id="addinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
347 <table class="directive">
348 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
349 client requests</td></tr>
350 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddInputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
351 <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
352 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
353 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
354 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
355 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
356 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>AddInputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
359 <p><code class="directive">AddInputFilter</code> maps the filename extension
360 <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which
361 will process client requests and POST input when they are received by
362 the server. This is in addition to any filters defined elsewhere,
363 including the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>
364 directive. This mapping is merged over any already in force, overriding
365 any mappings that already exist for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>
367 <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
368 by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
369 content. Both the filter and <var>extension</var> arguments are
370 case-insensitive, and the extension may be specified with or
371 without a leading dot.</p>
375 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></code></li>
376 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
379 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
380 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddLanguage" id="AddLanguage">AddLanguage</a> <a name="addlanguage" id="addlanguage">Directive</a></h2>
381 <table class="directive">
382 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extension to the specified content
384 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddLanguage <var>MIME-lang</var> <var>extension</var>
385 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
386 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
387 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
388 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
389 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
391 <p>The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive maps the given
392 filename extension to the specified content language.
393 <var>MIME-lang</var> is the MIME language of filenames containing
394 <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
395 overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
396 <var>extension</var>.</p>
398 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
399 AddEncoding x-compress .Z<br />
400 AddLanguage en .en<br />
404 <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.en.Z</code> will be treated as
405 being a compressed English document (as will the document
406 <code>xxxx.Z.en</code>). Although the content language is
407 reported to the client, the browser is unlikely to use this
408 information. The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive is
409 more useful for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content
410 negotiation</a>, where the server returns one from several documents
411 based on the client's language preference.</p>
413 <p>If multiple language assignments are made for the same
414 extension, the last one encountered is the one that is used.
415 That is, for the case of:</p>
417 <div class="example"><p><code>
418 AddLanguage en .en<br />
419 AddLanguage en-uk .en<br />
420 AddLanguage en-us .en
423 <p>documents with the extension <code>.en</code> would be treated as
424 being <code>en-us</code>.</p>
426 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
427 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
431 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
434 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
435 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddOutputFilter" id="AddOutputFilter">AddOutputFilter</a> <a name="addoutputfilter" id="addoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
436 <table class="directive">
437 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
438 responses from the server</td></tr>
439 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddOutputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
440 <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
441 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
442 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
443 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
444 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
445 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>AddOutputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
448 <p>The <code class="directive">AddOutputFilter</code> directive maps the
449 filename extension <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which will process responses
450 from the server before they are sent to the client. This is in
451 addition to any filters defined elsewhere, including <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#addoutputfilterbytype">AddOutputFilterByType</a></code> directive. This mapping is merged
452 over any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist
453 for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>
455 <p>For example, the following configuration will process all
456 <code>.shtml</code> files for server-side includes and will then
457 compress the output using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code>.</p>
459 <div class="example"><p><code>
460 AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml
463 <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
464 by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
465 content. Both the <var>filter</var> and <var>extension</var> arguments
466 are case-insensitive, and the extension may be specified with or
467 without a leading dot.</p>
471 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></code></li>
472 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
475 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
476 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddType" id="AddType">AddType</a> <a name="addtype" id="addtype">Directive</a></h2>
477 <table class="directive">
478 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions onto the specified content
480 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddType <var>MIME-type</var> <var>extension</var>
481 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
482 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
483 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
484 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
485 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
487 <p>The <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive maps the given filename
488 extensions onto the specified content type. <var>MIME-type</var> is the
489 MIME type to use for filenames containing <var>extension</var>. This
490 mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that
491 already exist for the same <var>extension</var>. This directive can
492 be used to add mappings not listed in the MIME types file (see the
493 <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> directive).</p>
495 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
496 AddType image/gif .gif
500 It is recommended that new MIME types be added using the
501 <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive rather than changing the
502 <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> file.
505 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
506 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
510 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code></li>
511 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
514 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
515 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DefaultLanguage" id="DefaultLanguage">DefaultLanguage</a> <a name="defaultlanguage" id="defaultlanguage">Directive</a></h2>
516 <table class="directive">
517 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets all files in the given scope to the specified
519 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DefaultLanguage <var>MIME-lang</var></code></td></tr>
520 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
521 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
522 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
523 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
525 <p>The <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive tells Apache
526 that all files in the directive's scope (<em>e.g.</em>, all files
527 covered by the current <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code> container) that don't have an explicit language
528 extension (such as <code>.fr</code> or <code>.de</code> as configured
529 by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>) should be
530 considered to be in the specified <var>MIME-lang</var> language. This
531 allows entire directories to be marked as containing Dutch content, for
532 instance, without having to rename each file. Note that unlike using
533 extensions to specify languages, <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code>
534 can only specify a single language.</p>
536 <p>If no <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive is in force,
537 and a file does not have any language extensions as configured
538 by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>, then that file
539 will be considered to have no language attribute.</p>
541 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
547 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
550 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
551 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ModMimeUsePathInfo" id="ModMimeUsePathInfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a> <a name="modmimeusepathinfo" id="modmimeusepathinfo">Directive</a></h2>
552 <table class="directive">
553 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Tells mod_mime to treat path_info
554 components as part of the filename</td></tr>
555 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo On|Off</code></td></tr>
556 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo Off</code></td></tr>
557 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
558 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
559 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
560 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.41 and later</td></tr>
562 <p>The <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> directive is used to
563 combine the filename with the <code>path_info</code> URL component to
564 apply <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>'s directives to the request. The default
565 value is <code>Off</code> - therefore, the <code>path_info</code>
566 component is ignored.</p>
568 <p>This directive is recommended when you have a virtual filesystem.</p>
570 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
571 ModMimeUsePathInfo On
574 <p>If you have a request for <code>/bar/foo.shtml</code> where
575 <code>/bar</code> is a Location and <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is <code>On</code>,
576 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> will treat the incoming request as
577 <code>/bar/foo.shtml</code> and directives like <code>AddOutputFilter
578 INCLUDES .shtml</code> will add the <code>INCLUDES</code> filter to the
579 request. If <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is not set, the
580 <code>INCLUDES</code> filter will not be added.</p>
584 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
587 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
588 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MultiviewsMatch" id="MultiviewsMatch">MultiviewsMatch</a> <a name="multiviewsmatch" id="multiviewsmatch">Directive</a></h2>
589 <table class="directive">
590 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The types of files that will be included when searching for
591 a matching file with MultiViews</td></tr>
592 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch Any|NegotiatedOnly|Filters|Handlers
593 [Handlers|Filters]</code></td></tr>
594 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch NegotiatedOnly</code></td></tr>
595 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
596 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
597 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
598 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
599 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.26 and later.</td></tr>
601 <p><code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> permits three different
602 behaviors for <a href="mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a>'s
603 Multiviews feature. Multiviews allows a request for a file,
604 <em>e.g.</em> <code>index.html</code>, to match any negotiated
605 extensions following the base request, <em>e.g.</em>
606 <code>index.html.en</code>, <code>index.html.fr</code>, or
607 <code>index.html.gz</code>.</p>
609 <p>The <code>NegotiatedOnly</code> option provides that every extension
610 following the base name must correlate to a recognized
611 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> extension for content negotation, <em>e.g.</em>
612 Charset, Content-Type, Language, or Encoding. This is the strictest
613 implementation with the fewest unexpected side effects, and is the
614 default behavior.</p>
616 <p>To include extensions associated with Handlers and/or Filters,
617 set the <code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> directive to either
618 <code>Handlers</code>, <code>Filters</code>, or both option keywords.
619 If all other factors are equal, the smallest file will be served,
620 <em>e.g.</em> in deciding between <code>index.html.cgi</code> of 500
621 bytes and <code>index.html.pl</code> of 1000 bytes, the <code>.cgi</code>
622 file would win in this example. Users of <code>.asis</code> files
623 might prefer to use the Handler option, if <code>.asis</code> files are
624 associated with the <code>asis-handler</code>.</p>
626 <p>You may finally allow <code>Any</code> extensions to match, even if
627 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> doesn't recognize the extension. This was the
628 behavior in Apache 1.3, and can cause unpredicatable results, such as
629 serving .old or .bak files the webmaster never expected to be served.</p>
631 <p>For example, the following configuration will allow handlers
632 and filters to participate in Multviews, but will exclude unknown
635 <div class="example"><p><code>
636 MultiviewsMatch Handlers Filters
641 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li>
642 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
645 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
646 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveCharset" id="RemoveCharset">RemoveCharset</a> <a name="removecharset" id="removecharset">Directive</a></h2>
647 <table class="directive">
648 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any character set associations for a set of file
650 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveCharset <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
652 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
653 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
654 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
655 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
656 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveCharset is only available in Apache 2.0.24 and
659 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveCharset</code> directive removes any
660 character set associations for files with the given extensions.
661 This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
662 undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
663 server config files.</p>
665 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
666 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
668 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
669 RemoveCharset .html .shtml
673 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
674 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveEncoding" id="RemoveEncoding">RemoveEncoding</a> <a name="removeencoding" id="removeencoding">Directive</a></h2>
675 <table class="directive">
676 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content encoding associations for a set of file
678 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveEncoding <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
680 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
681 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
682 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
683 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
685 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directive removes any
686 encoding associations for files with the given extensions. This
687 allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
688 any associations inherited from parent directories or the
689 server config files. An example of its use might be:</p>
691 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
692 AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<br />
693 AddType text/plain .asc<br />
694 <Files *.gz.asc><br />
695 <span class="indent">
696 RemoveEncoding .gz<br />
701 <p>This will cause <code>foo.gz</code> to be marked as being
702 encoded with the gzip method, but <code>foo.gz.asc</code> as an
703 unencoded plaintext file.</p>
705 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
706 <p><code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directives are processed
707 <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>
708 directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the latter
709 if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
712 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
713 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
716 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
717 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveHandler" id="RemoveHandler">RemoveHandler</a> <a name="removehandler" id="removehandler">Directive</a></h2>
718 <table class="directive">
719 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any handler associations for a set of file
721 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveHandler <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
723 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
724 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
725 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
726 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
728 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveHandler</code> directive removes any
729 handler associations for files with the given extensions. This allows
730 <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo any
731 associations inherited from parent directories or the server
732 config files. An example of its use might be:</p>
734 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
735 AddHandler server-parsed .html
738 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/bar/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
742 <p>This has the effect of returning <code>.html</code> files in
743 the <code>/foo/bar</code> directory to being treated as normal
744 files, rather than as candidates for parsing (see the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code> module).</p>
746 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
747 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
750 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
751 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveInputFilter" id="RemoveInputFilter">RemoveInputFilter</a> <a name="removeinputfilter" id="removeinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
752 <table class="directive">
753 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any input filter associations for a set of file
755 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveInputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
757 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
758 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
759 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
760 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
761 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveInputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
764 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveInputFilter</code> directive removes any
765 input filter associations for files with the given extensions.
766 This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
767 undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
768 server config files.</p>
770 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
771 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
775 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code></li>
776 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
779 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
780 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveLanguage" id="RemoveLanguage">RemoveLanguage</a> <a name="removelanguage" id="removelanguage">Directive</a></h2>
781 <table class="directive">
782 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any language associations for a set of file
784 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveLanguage <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
786 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
787 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
788 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
789 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
790 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveLanguage is only available in Apache 2.0.24 and
793 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveLanguage</code> directive removes any
794 language associations for files with the given extensions. This
795 allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
796 any associations inherited from parent directories or the
797 server config files.</p>
799 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
800 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
803 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
804 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveOutputFilter" id="RemoveOutputFilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a> <a name="removeoutputfilter" id="removeoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
805 <table class="directive">
806 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any output filter associations for a set of file
808 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveOutputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
810 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
811 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
812 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
813 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
814 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveOutputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
817 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveOutputFilter</code> directive removes any
818 output filter associations for files with the given extensions.
819 This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
820 undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
821 server config files.</p>
823 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
824 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
826 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
827 RemoveOutputFilter shtml
832 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code></li>
835 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
836 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveType" id="RemoveType">RemoveType</a> <a name="removetype" id="removetype">Directive</a></h2>
837 <table class="directive">
838 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content type associations for a set of file
840 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveType <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
842 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
843 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
844 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
845 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
847 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directive removes any MIME
848 type associations for files with the given extensions. This allows
849 <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo any
850 associations inherited from parent directories or the server
851 config files. An example of its use might be:</p>
853 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
857 <p>This will remove any special handling of <code>.cgi</code>
858 files in the <code>/foo/</code> directory and any beneath it,
859 causing the files to be treated as being of the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code>.</p>
861 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
862 <p><code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directives are processed
863 <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code>
864 directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the
865 latter if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
868 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
869 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
872 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
873 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TypesConfig" id="TypesConfig">TypesConfig</a> <a name="typesconfig" id="typesconfig">Directive</a></h2>
874 <table class="directive">
875 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The location of the mime.types file</td></tr>
876 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
877 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig conf/mime.types</code></td></tr>
878 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
879 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
880 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
882 <p>The <code class="directive">TypesConfig</code> directive sets the location
883 of the MIME types configuration file. <var>File-path</var> is relative
884 to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>. This file sets
885 the default list of mappings from filename extensions to content
886 types. Most administrators use the provided <code>mime.types</code>
887 file, which associates common filename extensions with IANA registered
888 content types. The current list is maintained at <a href="http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types">http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types</a>.
889 This simplifies the <code>httpd.conf</code> file by providing the
890 majority of media-type definitions, and may be overridden by
891 <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives as
892 needed. You should not edit the <code>mime.types</code> file, because
893 it may be replaced when you upgrade your server.</p>
895 <p>The file contains lines in the format of the arguments to
896 an <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directive:</p>
898 <div class="example"><p><code>
899 <var>MIME-type</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...
902 <p>The case of the extension does not matter. Blank lines, and lines
903 beginning with a hash character (<code>#</code>) are ignored.</p>
906 Please do <strong>not</strong> send requests to the Apache HTTP
907 Server Project to add any new entries in the distributed
908 <code>mime.types</code> file unless (1) they are already
909 registered with IANA, and (2) they use widely accepted,
910 non-conflicting filename extensions across platforms.
911 <code>category/x-subtype</code> requests will be automatically
912 rejected, as will any new two-letter extensions as they will
913 likely conflict later with the already crowded language and
914 character set namespace.
919 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html">mod_mime_magic</a></code></li>
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