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a different URL. They are often used when a resource has moved to
a new location.</p>
+ <p>When the <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives are used
+ within a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>
+ or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code>
+ section, <a href="../expr.html">expression syntax</a> can be used
+ to manipulate the destination path or URL.
+ </p>
+
<p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code> is designed to handle simple URL
manipulation tasks. For more complicated tasks such as
manipulating the query string, use the tools provided by
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>.</p>
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-<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
+<div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
+<ul id="topics">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#order">Order of Processing</a></li>
+</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#alias">Alias</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#aliasmatch">AliasMatch</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptaliasmatch">ScriptAliasMatch</a></li>
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-<h3>Topics</h3>
-<ul id="topics">
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#order">Order of Processing</a></li>
-</ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<h3>See also</h3>
<ul class="seealso">
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code></li>
<li><a href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to the filesystem</a></li>
all the directives to have an effect. For example, the following
configuration will work as expected:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias /foo/bar /baz
-Alias /foo /gaq</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/foo/bar" "/baz"
+Alias "/foo" "/gaq"</pre>
<p>But if the above two directives were reversed in order, the
would always match before the <code>/foo/bar</code> <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>, so the latter directive would be
ignored.</p>
+ <p>When the <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives are used
+ within a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>
+ or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code>
+ section, these directives will take precedence over any globally
+ defined <code class="directive"><a href="#alias">Alias</a></code>,
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> and
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#redirect">Redirect</a></code> directives.</p>
+
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Alias" id="Alias">Alias</a> <a name="alias" id="alias">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps URLs to filesystem locations</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Alias <var>URL-path</var>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Alias [<var>URL-path</var>]
<var>file-path</var>|<var>directory-path</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr>
</table>
<var>URL-path</var> is case-sensitive, even on case-insensitive
file systems.</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> Alias /image /ftp/pub/image</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/image" "/ftp/pub/image"</pre>
<p>A request for <code>http://example.com/image/foo.gif</code> would cause
<var>URL-path</var> then the server will require a trailing / in
order to expand the alias. That is, if you use</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> Alias /icons/ /usr/local/apache/icons/</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/icons/" "/usr/local/apache/icons/"</pre>
<p>then the url <code>/icons</code> will not be aliased, as it lacks
directory outside of your <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>, you may need to explicitly
permit access to the target directory.</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias /image /ftp/pub/image
-<Directory /ftp/pub/image>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/image" "/ftp/pub/image"
+<Directory "/ftp/pub/image">
Require all granted
</Directory></pre>
- <p>Any number slashes in the <var>URL-path</var> parameter
+ <p>Any number slashes in the <var>URL-path</var> parameter
matches any number of slashes in the requested URL-path.</p>
+ <p>If the <code class="directive">Alias</code> directive is used within a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>
+ or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code>
+ section the URL-path is omitted, and the file-path is interpreted
+ using <a href="../expr.html">expression syntax</a>.</p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Location "/image">
+ Alias "/ftp/pub/image"
+</Location>
+<LocationMatch "/error/(?<NUMBER>[0-9]+)">
+ Alias "/usr/local/apache/errors/%{env:MATCH_NUMBER}.html"
+</LocationMatch></pre>
+
+
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example, to activate the <code>/icons</code> directory, one might
use:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> AliasMatch ^/icons(.*) /usr/local/apache/icons$1</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AliasMatch "^/icons(/|$)(.*)" "/usr/local/apache/icons$1$2"</pre>
<p>The full range of <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#regex" title="see glossary">regular expression</a>
it is possible to construct an alias with case-insensitive
matching of the URL-path:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> AliasMatch (?i)^/image(.*) /ftp/pub/image$1</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AliasMatch "(?i)^/image(.*)" "/ftp/pub/image$1"</pre>
<p>One subtle difference
<p>For example, suppose you want to replace this with AliasMatch:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> Alias /image/ /ftp/pub/image/</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/image/" "/ftp/pub/image/"</pre>
<p>This is NOT equivalent - don't do this! This will send all
requests that have /image/ anywhere in them to /ftp/pub/image/:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> AliasMatch /image/ /ftp/pub/image/</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AliasMatch "/image/" "/ftp/pub/image/"</pre>
<p>This is what you need to get the same effect:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> AliasMatch ^/image/(.*)$ /ftp/pub/image/$1</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AliasMatch "^/image/(.*)$" "/ftp/pub/image/$1"</pre>
<p>Of course, there's no point in
you do more complicated things. For example, you could
serve different kinds of files from different directories:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> AliasMatch ^/image/(.*)\.jpg$ /files/jpg.images/$1.jpg<br />
- AliasMatch ^/image/(.*)\.gif$ /files/gif.images/$1.gif</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AliasMatch "^/image/(.*)\.jpg$" "/files/jpg.images/$1.jpg"<br />
+AliasMatch "^/image/(.*)\.gif$" "/files/gif.images/$1.gif"</pre>
<p>Multiple leading slashes in the requested URL are discarded
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sends an external redirect asking the client to fetch
a different URL</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Redirect [<var>status</var>] <var>URL-path</var>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Redirect [<var>status</var>] [<var>URL-path</var>]
<var>URL</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<em>URL-Path</em> will be appended to the target URL.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># Redirect to a URL on a different host
-Redirect /service http://foo2.example.com/service
+Redirect "/service" "http://foo2.example.com/service"
# Redirect to a URL on the same host
-Redirect /one /two</pre>
+Redirect "/one" "/two"</pre>
<p>If the client requests <code>http://example.com/service/foo.txt</code>,
Note that <code>POST</code>s will be discarded.<br />
Only complete path segments are matched, so the above
example would not match a request for
- <code>http://example.com/servicefoo.txt</code>. For more complex matching
- using regular expressions, see the <code class="directive"><a href="#redirectmatch">RedirectMatch</a></code> directive.</p>
+ <code>http://example.com/servicefoo.txt</code>. For more complex matching
+ using the <a href="../expr.html">expression syntax</a>, omit the URL-path
+ argument as described below. Alternatively, for matching using regular
+ expressions, see the <code class="directive"><a href="#redirectmatch">RedirectMatch</a></code> directive.</p>
<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>Redirect directives take precedence over Alias and ScriptAlias
directives, irrespective of their ordering in the configuration
- file.</p></div>
+ file. Redirect directives inside a Location take precedence over
+ Redirect and Alias directives with an URL-path.</p></div>
<p>If no <var>status</var> argument is given, the redirect will
be "temporary" (HTTP status 302). This indicates to the client
HTTP status code, known to the Apache HTTP Server (see the function
<code>send_error_response</code> in http_protocol.c).</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Redirect permanent /one http://example.com/two
-Redirect 303 /three http://example.com/other</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Redirect permanent "/one" "http://example.com/two"
+Redirect 303 "/three" "http://example.com/other"</pre>
+
+
+ <p>If the <code class="directive">Redirect</code> directive is used within a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>
+ or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code>
+ section with the URL-path omitted, then the URL parameter will be
+ interpreted using <a href="../expr.html">expression syntax</a>.</p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Location "/one">
+ Redirect permanent "http://example.com/two"
+</Location><br />
+<Location "/three">
+ Redirect 303 "http://example.com/other"
+</Location><br />
+<LocationMatch "/error/(?<NUMBER>[0-9]+)">
+ Redirect permanent "http://example.com/errors/%{env:MATCH_NUMBER}.html"
+</LocationMatch><br />
+ </pre>
example, to redirect all GIF files to like-named JPEG files on
another server, one might use:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> RedirectMatch (.*)\.gif$ http://other.example.com$1.jpg</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RedirectMatch "(.*)\.gif$" "http://other.example.com$1.jpg"</pre>
<p>The considerations related to the difference between
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps a URL to a filesystem location and designates the
target as a CGI script</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptAlias <var>URL-path</var>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptAlias [<var>URL-path</var>]
<var>file-path</var>|<var>directory-path</var></code></td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_alias</td></tr>
</table>
to scripts beginning with the second argument, which is a full
pathname in the local filesystem.</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /web/cgi-bin/</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ScriptAlias "/cgi-bin/" "/web/cgi-bin/"</pre>
<p>A request for <code>http://example.com/cgi-bin/foo</code> would cause the
server to run the script <code>/web/cgi-bin/foo</code>. This configuration
is essentially equivalent to:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias /cgi-bin/ /web/cgi-bin/
-<Location /cgi-bin >
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Alias "/cgi-bin/" "/web/cgi-bin/"
+<Location "/cgi-bin">
SetHandler cgi-script
Options +ExecCGI
</Location></pre>
<p><code class="directive">ScriptAlias</code> can also be used in conjunction with
a script or handler you have. For example:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /web/cgi-handler.pl</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ScriptAlias "/cgi-bin/" "/web/cgi-handler.pl"</pre>
<p>In this scenario all files requested in <code>/cgi-bin/</code> will be
choose to place your CGI scripts in a directory already
accessible from the web, do not use
<code class="directive">ScriptAlias</code>. Instead, use <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code> as in:
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/cgi-bin >
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory "/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/cgi-bin">
SetHandler cgi-script
Options ExecCGI
</Directory></pre>
of the CGI scripts if they are not restricted by a
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">Directory</a></code> section.</div>
+ <p>If the <code class="directive">ScriptAlias</code> directive is used within
+ a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>
+ or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code>
+ section with the URL-path omitted, then the URL parameter will be
+ interpreted using <a href="../expr.html">expression syntax</a>.</p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Location "/cgi-bin">
+ ScriptAlias "/web/cgi-bin/"
+</Location>
+<LocationMatch "/cgi-bin/errors/(?<NUMBER>[0-9]+)">
+ ScriptAlias "/web/cgi-bin/errors/%{env:MATCH_NUMBER}.cgi"
+</LocationMatch><br />
+ </pre>
+
+
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
example, to activate the standard <code>/cgi-bin</code>, one
might use:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> ScriptAliasMatch ^/cgi-bin(.*) /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin$1</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ScriptAliasMatch "^/cgi-bin(.*)" "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin$1"</pre>
<p>As for AliasMatch, the full range of <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#rexex" title="see glossary">regular
For example, it is possible to construct an alias with case-insensitive
matching of the URL-path:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> ScriptAliasMatch (?i)^/cgi-bin(.*) /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin$1</pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ScriptAliasMatch "(?i)^/cgi-bin(.*)" "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin$1"</pre>
<p>The considerations related to the difference between
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