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<h3>Summary</h3>
<p>The <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> module uses a rule-based rewriting
- engine, based on a regular-expression parser, to rewrite requested URLs on
+ engine, based on a PCRE regular-expression parser, to rewrite requested URLs on
the fly. By default, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> maps a URL to a filesystem
path. However, it can also be used to redirect one URL to another URL, or
to invoke an internal proxy fetch.</p>
<p>Further details, discussion, and examples, are provided in the
<a href="../rewrite/">detailed mod_rewrite documentation</a>.</p>
</div>
-<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="#logging">Logging</a></li>
+</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></li>
</ul>
-<h3>Topics</h3>
-<ul id="topics">
-<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logging">Logging</a></li>
-</ul></div>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_rewrite">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&component=mod_rewrite">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<ul class="seealso">
+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="logging" id="logging">Logging</a></h2>
level higher than <code>trace2</code> only for debugging!
</div>
- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- LogLevel alert rewrite:trace3
- </code></p></div>
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">LogLevel alert rewrite:trace3</pre>
+</div>
<div class="note"><h3>RewriteLog</h3>
<p>Those familiar with earlier versions of
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_rewrite</td></tr>
</table>
- <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> directive explicitly
- sets the base URL-path (not filesystem directory path!) for per-directory rewrites
- that result in the substitution of a relative path.
- When you use a <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>
- in a <code>.htaccess</code> file, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> strips off
- the local directory prefix before processing, then rewrites the rest of
- the URL. When the rewrite is completed, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>
- automatically adds the local directory prefix (or the
- <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> when set) back on to the substitution
- before handing it back to the core of the server as if it were the original
- URL.</p>
-
- <p>This directive is <em>required</em> for per-directory rewrites whose context
- is a directory made available via the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>
- directive, when the substitution uses a relative path.</p>
-
- <p>If your URL path does not exist verbatim on the filesystem,
- or isn't directly under your <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>,
- you must use <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> in every
- <code>.htaccess</code> file where you want to use <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directives.</p>
-
- <p>The example below demonstrates how to map
- http://example.com/myapp/index.html to
- /home/www/example/newsite.html, in a <code>.htaccess</code> file. This
- assumes that the content available at
- http://example.com/ is on disk at /home/www/example/</p>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-RewriteEngine On
-# The URL-path used to get to this context, not the filesystem path
-RewriteBase /myapp/
-RewriteRule ^index\.html$ newsite.html
-</pre></div>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> directive specifies the
+ URL prefix to be used for per-directory (htaccess)
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directives that
+ substitute a relative path.</p>
+ <p> This directive is <em>required</em> when you use a relative path
+ in a substitution in per-directory (htaccess) context unless any
+ of the following conditions are true:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li> The original request, and the substitution, are underneath the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>
+ (as opposed to reachable by other means, such as
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>).</li>
+ <li> The <em>filesystem</em> path to the directory containing the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>,
+ suffixed by the relative
+ substitution is also valid as a URL path on the server
+ (this is rare).</li>
+ <li> In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.16 and later, this directive may be
+ omitted when the request is mapped via
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>
+ or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code>.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+<p> In the example below, <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> is necessary
+ to avoid rewriting to http://example.com/opt/myapp-1.2.3/welcome.html
+ since the resource was not relative to the document root. This
+ misconfiguration would normally cause the server to look for an "opt"
+ directory under the document root.</p>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">DocumentRoot "/var/www/example.com"
+AliasMatch "^/myapp" "/opt/myapp-1.2.3"
+<Directory "/opt/myapp-1.2.3">
+ RewriteEngine On
+ RewriteBase "/myapp/"
+ RewriteRule "^index\.html$" "welcome.html"
+</Directory></pre>
+
</div>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Defines a condition under which rewriting will take place
</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code> RewriteCond
- <em>TestString</em> <em>CondPattern</em></code></td></tr>
+ <em>TestString</em> <em>CondPattern</em> [<em>flags</em>]</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>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
- HTTP_USER_AGENT<br />
- HTTP_REFERER<br />
+ HTTP_ACCEPT<br />
HTTP_COOKIE<br />
HTTP_FORWARDED<br />
HTTP_HOST<br />
HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION<br />
- HTTP_ACCEPT<br />
+ HTTP_REFERER<br />
+ HTTP_USER_AGENT<br />
</td>
<td>
+ AUTH_TYPE<br />
+ CONN_REMOTE_ADDR<br />
+ CONTEXT_PREFIX<br />
+ CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT<br />
+ IPV6<br />
+ PATH_INFO<br />
+ QUERY_STRING<br />
REMOTE_ADDR<br />
REMOTE_HOST<br />
+ REMOTE_IDENT<br />
REMOTE_PORT<br />
REMOTE_USER<br />
- REMOTE_IDENT<br />
REQUEST_METHOD<br />
SCRIPT_FILENAME<br />
- PATH_INFO<br />
- QUERY_STRING<br />
- AUTH_TYPE<br />
</td>
<td />
<tr>
<td>
DOCUMENT_ROOT<br />
+ SCRIPT_GROUP<br />
+ SCRIPT_USER<br />
+ SERVER_ADDR<br />
SERVER_ADMIN<br />
SERVER_NAME<br />
- SERVER_ADDR<br />
SERVER_PORT<br />
SERVER_PROTOCOL<br />
SERVER_SOFTWARE<br />
<td>
API_VERSION<br />
- THE_REQUEST<br />
- REQUEST_URI<br />
- REQUEST_FILENAME<br />
- IS_SUBREQ<br />
+ CONN_REMOTE_ADDR<br />
HTTPS<br />
+ IS_SUBREQ<br />
+ REMOTE_ADDR<br />
+ REQUEST_FILENAME<br />
REQUEST_SCHEME<br />
+ REQUEST_URI<br />
+ THE_REQUEST<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
correspond to the similarly named HTTP
MIME-headers, C variables of the Apache HTTP Server or
<code>struct tm</code> fields of the Unix system.
- Most are documented elsewhere in the Manual or in
- the CGI specification.</p>
+ Most are documented <a href="../expr.html#vars">here</a>
+ or elsewhere in the Manual or in the CGI specification.</p>
<p>SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT depend on the values of
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> and
respectively.</p>
<p>Those that are special to mod_rewrite include those below.</p>
- <div class="note">
<dl>
- <dt><code>IS_SUBREQ</code></dt>
-
- <dd>Will contain the text "true" if the request
- currently being processed is a sub-request,
- "false" otherwise. Sub-requests may be generated
- by modules that need to resolve additional files
- or URIs in order to complete their tasks.</dd>
-
<dt><code>API_VERSION</code></dt>
<dd>This is the version of the Apache httpd module API
instance, it is 19990320:10), but is mainly of
interest to module authors.</dd>
- <dt><code>THE_REQUEST</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>CONN_REMOTE_ADDR</code></dt>
- <dd>The full HTTP request line sent by the
- browser to the server (e.g., "<code>GET
- /index.html HTTP/1.1</code>"). This does not
- include any additional headers sent by the
- browser. This value has not been unescaped
- (decoded), unlike most other variables below.</dd>
+ <dd>Since 2.4.8: The peer IP address of the connection (see the
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_remoteip.html">mod_remoteip</a></code> module).</dd>
- <dt><code>REQUEST_URI</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>HTTPS</code></dt>
- <dd>The path component of the requested URI,
- such as "/index.html". This notably excludes the
- query string which is available as as its own variable
- named <code>QUERY_STRING</code>.</dd>
+ <dd>Will contain the text "on" if the connection is
+ using SSL/TLS, or "off" otherwise. (This variable
+ can be safely used regardless of whether or not
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is loaded).</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>IS_SUBREQ</code></dt>
+
+ <dd>Will contain the text "true" if the request
+ currently being processed is a sub-request,
+ "false" otherwise. Sub-requests may be generated
+ by modules that need to resolve additional files
+ or URIs in order to complete their tasks.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>REMOTE_ADDR</code></dt>
+
+ <dd>The IP address of the remote host (see the
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_remoteip.html">mod_remoteip</a></code> module).</dd>
<dt><code>REQUEST_FILENAME</code></dt>
been determined by the server at the time
<code>REQUEST_FILENAME</code> is referenced. Otherwise,
such as when used in virtual host context, the same
- value as <code>REQUEST_URI</code>.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>HTTPS</code></dt>
-
- <dd>Will contain the text "on" if the connection is
- using SSL/TLS, or "off" otherwise. (This variable
- can be safely used regardless of whether or not
- <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is loaded).</dd>
+ value as <code>REQUEST_URI</code>. Depending on the value of
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code>, the
+ server may have only used some leading components of the
+ <code>REQUEST_URI</code> to map the request to a file.
+ </dd>
<dt><code>REQUEST_SCHEME</code></dt>
- <dd>Will contain the scheme of the request (ususally
+ <dd>Will contain the scheme of the request (usually
"http" or "https"). This value can be influenced with
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#servername">ServerName</a></code>.</dd>
+ <dt><code>REQUEST_URI</code></dt>
+
+ <dd>The path component of the requested URI,
+ such as "/index.html". This notably excludes the
+ query string which is available as its own variable
+ named <code>QUERY_STRING</code>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>THE_REQUEST</code></dt>
+
+ <dd>The full HTTP request line sent by the
+ browser to the server (e.g., "<code>GET
+ /index.html HTTP/1.1</code>"). This does not
+ include any additional headers sent by the
+ browser. This value has not been unescaped
+ (decoded), unlike most other variables below.</dd>
+
</dl>
-</div>
</li>
</ul>
- <p>If the <em>TestString</em> has the special value <code>expr</code>, the
- <em>CondPattern</em> will be treated as a
- <a href="../expr.html">ap_expr</a>.</p>
+ <p>If the <em>TestString</em> has the special value <code>expr</code>,
+ the <em>CondPattern</em> will be treated as an
+ <a href="../expr.html">ap_expr</a>. HTTP headers referenced in the
+ expression will be added to the Vary header if the <code>novary</code>
+ flag is not given.</p>
<p>Other things you should be aware of:</p>
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is loaded, but will always expand to
the empty string if it is not. Example:
<code>%{SSL:SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE}</code> may expand to
- <code>128</code>.</li>
+ <code>128</code>. These variables are available even without
+ setting the <code>StdEnvVars</code> option of the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html#ssloptions">SSLOptions</a></code> directive.</li>
<li>
<code>%{HTTP:header}</code>, where <em>header</em> can be
the value of the HTTP header
``<code>Proxy-Connection:</code>''.
<p>If a HTTP header is used in a condition this header is added to
- the Vary header of the response in case the condition evaluates to
+ the Vary header of the response in case the condition evaluates
to true for the request. It is <strong>not</strong> added if the
condition evaluates to false for the request. Adding the HTTP header
to the Vary header of the response is needed for proper caching.</p>
so that certain conditions might not be evaluated at all.</p></li>
<li>
- <code>%{LA-U:variable}</code> can be used for look-aheads which perform
+ <a id="LA-U" name="LA-U"><code>%{LA-U:variable}</code></a>
+ can be used for look-aheads which perform
an internal (URL-based) sub-request to determine the final
value of <em>variable</em>. This can be used to access
variable for rewriting which is not available at the current
<ol>
<li>You can prefix the pattern string with a
- '<code>!</code>' character (exclamation mark) to specify a
- <strong>non</strong>-matching pattern.</li>
+ '<code>!</code>' character (exclamation mark) to negate the result
+ of the condition, no matter what kind of <em>CondPattern</em> is used.
+ </li>
<li>
You can perform lexicographical string comparisons:
- <ul>
- <li>'<strong><CondPattern</strong>' (lexicographically
- precedes)<br />
+ <dl>
+ <dt><strong><CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically precedes<br />
Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True if
<em>TestString</em> lexicographically precedes
- <em>CondPattern</em>.</li>
+ <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>>CondPattern</strong>' (lexicographically
- follows)<br />
+ <dt><strong>>CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically follows<br />
Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True if
<em>TestString</em> lexicographically follows
- <em>CondPattern</em>.</li>
+ <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>=CondPattern</strong>' (lexicographically
- equal)<br />
+ <dt><strong>=CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically equal<br />
Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True if
<em>TestString</em> is lexicographically equal to
<em>CondPattern</em> (the two strings are exactly
equal, character for character). If <em>CondPattern</em>
is <code>""</code> (two quotation marks) this
- compares <em>TestString</em> to the empty string.</li>
+ compares <em>TestString</em> to the empty string.</dd>
- <li>'<strong><=CondPattern</strong>' (lexicographically
- less than or equal to)<br />
+ <dt><strong><=CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically less than or equal to<br />
Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True
if <em>TestString</em> lexicographically precedes
<em>CondPattern</em>, or is equal to <em>CondPattern</em>
- (the two strings are equal, character for character).</li>
+ (the two strings are equal, character for character).</dd>
- <li>'<strong>>=CondPattern</strong>' (lexicographically
- greater than or equal to)<br />
+ <dt><strong>>=CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically greater than or equal to<br />
Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True
if <em>TestString</em> lexicographically follows
<em>CondPattern</em>, or is equal to <em>CondPattern</em>
- (the two strings are equal, character for character).</li>
- </ul></li>
+ (the two strings are equal, character for character).</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </li>
<li>
You can perform integer comparisons:
- <ul>
+ <dl>
- <li>'<strong>-eq</strong>' (is numerically
- <strong>eq</strong>ual to)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-eq</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>eq</strong>ual to<br />
The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
- the two are numerically equal.</li>
+ the two are numerically equal.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>-ge</strong>' (is numerically
- <strong>g</strong>reater than or <strong>e</strong>qual to)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-ge</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>g</strong>reater than or <strong>e</strong>qual to<br />
The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
the <em>TestString</em> is numerically greater than or equal
- to the <em>CondPattern</em>.</li>
+ to the <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>-gt</strong>' (is numerically
- <strong>g</strong>reater <strong>t</strong>han)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-gt</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>g</strong>reater <strong>t</strong>han<br />
The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
the <em>TestString</em> is numerically greater than
- the <em>CondPattern</em>.</li>
+ the <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>-le</strong>' (is numerically
- <strong>l</strong>ess than or <strong>e</strong>qual to)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-le</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>l</strong>ess than or <strong>e</strong>qual to<br />
The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
the <em>TestString</em> is numerically less than or equal
to the <em>CondPattern</em>. Avoid confusion with the
<strong>-l</strong> by using the <strong>-L</strong> or
- <strong>-h</strong> variant.</li>
+ <strong>-h</strong> variant.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>-lt</strong>' (is numerically
- <strong>l</strong>ess <strong>t</strong>han)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-lt</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>l</strong>ess <strong>t</strong>han<br />
The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
the <em>TestString</em> is numerically less than
the <em>CondPattern</em>. Avoid confusion with the
<strong>-l</strong> by using the <strong>-L</strong> or
- <strong>-h</strong> variant.</li>
+ <strong>-h</strong> variant.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-ne</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>n</strong>ot <strong>e</strong>qual to<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the two are numerically different. This is equivalent to
+ <code>!-eq</code>.</dd>
- </ul>
+ </dl>
</li>
<li>You can perform various file attribute tests:
- <ul>
- <li>'<strong>-d</strong>' (is
- <strong>d</strong>irectory)<br />
+
+
+ <dl>
+
+ <dt><strong>-d</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is <strong>d</strong>irectory.<br />
Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
- whether or not it exists, and is a directory.</li>
+ whether or not it exists, and is a directory.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-f</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is regular <strong>f</strong>ile.<br />
- <li>'<strong>-f</strong>' (is regular
- <strong>f</strong>ile)<br />
Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
- whether or not it exists, and is a regular file.</li>
+ whether or not it exists, and is a regular file.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-F</strong></dt>
- <li>'<strong>-F</strong>' (is existing file, via
- subrequest)<br />
+ <dd>Is existing file, via subrequest.<br />
Checks whether or not <em>TestString</em> is a valid file,
accessible via all the server's currently-configured
access controls for that path. This uses an internal
subrequest to do the check, so use it with care -
- it can impact your server's performance!</li>
+ it can impact your server's performance!
+ </dd>
- <li>'<strong>-H</strong>' (is symbolic link, bash convention)<br />
- See <strong>-l</strong>.</li>
+ <dt><strong>-h</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is symbolic link, bash convention.<br />
+ See <strong>-l</strong>.
+ </dd>
- <li>'<strong>-l</strong>' (is symbolic
- <strong>l</strong>ink)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-l</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is symbolic <strong>l</strong>ink.<br />
Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
whether or not it exists, and is a symbolic link. May also
use the bash convention of <strong>-L</strong> or
<strong>-h</strong> if there's a possibility of confusion
such as when using the <strong>-lt</strong> or
- <strong>-le</strong> tests.</li>
+ <strong>-le</strong> tests.
+ </dd>
- <li>'<strong>-L</strong>' (is symbolic link, bash convention)<br />
- See <strong>-l</strong>.</li>
+ <dt><strong>-L</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is symbolic link, bash convention.<br />
+ See <strong>-l</strong>.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>-s</strong>' (is regular file, with
- <strong>s</strong>ize)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-s</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is regular file, with <strong>s</strong>ize.<br />
Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
whether or not it exists, and is a regular file with size greater
- than zero.</li>
+ than zero.</dd>
- <li>'<strong>-U</strong>' (is existing URL, via
- subrequest)<br />
+ <dt><strong>-U</strong></dt>
+ <dd><p>Is existing URL, via subrequest.<br />
Checks whether or not <em>TestString</em> is a valid URL,
accessible via all the server's currently-configured
access controls for that path. This uses an internal
subrequest to do the check, so use it with care -
- it can impact your server's performance!</li>
-
- <li>'<strong>-x</strong>' (has e<strong>x</strong>ecutable
- permissions)<br />
+ it can impact your server's performance!</p>
+ <p> This flag <em>only</em> returns information about things
+ like access control, authentication, and authorization. This flag
+ <em>does not</em> return information about the status code the
+ configured handler (static file, CGI, proxy, etc.) would have
+ returned.</p> </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-x</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Has e<strong>x</strong>ecutable permissions.<br />
Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
whether or not it exists, and has executable permissions.
These permissions are determined according to
- the underlying OS.</li>
+ the underlying OS.</dd>
+
+ </dl>
+
+ For example:
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond /var/www/%{REQUEST_URI} !-f
+RewriteRule ^(.+) /other/archive/$1 [R]</pre>
- </ul>
-<div class="note"><h3>Note:</h3>
- All of these tests can
- also be prefixed by an exclamation mark ('!') to
- negate their meaning.
-</div>
</li>
- <li>
+ <li>
<p>If the <em>TestString</em> has the special value <code>expr</code>, the
- <em>CondPattern</em> will be treated as a
+ <em>CondPattern</em> will be treated as an
<a href="../expr.html">ap_expr</a>.</p>
<p>
to block unwanted hotlinking.
</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- RewriteCond expr "! %{HTTP_REFERER} -strmatch '*://%{HTTP_HOST}/*'"<br />
- RewriteRule ^/images - [F]
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond expr "! %{HTTP_REFERER} -strmatch '*://%{HTTP_HOST}/*'"
+RewriteRule "^/images" "-" [F]</pre>
+
</li>
+ </ol>
- <li>You can also set special flags for
- <em>CondPattern</em> by appending
+ <p>You can also set special flags for <em>CondPattern</em> by appending
<strong><code>[</code><em>flags</em><code>]</code></strong>
as the third argument to the <code>RewriteCond</code>
directive, where <em>flags</em> is a comma-separated list of any of the
- following flags:
-
+ following flags:</p>
+
<ul>
<li>'<strong><code>nocase|NC</code></strong>'
(<strong>n</strong>o <strong>c</strong>ase)<br />
Use this to combine rule conditions with a local OR
instead of the implicit AND. Typical example:
-<div class="example"><pre>
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1 [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host2 [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host3
-RewriteRule ...some special stuff for any of these hosts...
-</pre></div>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond "%{REMOTE_HOST}" "^host1" [OR]
+RewriteCond "%{REMOTE_HOST}" "^host2" [OR]
+RewriteCond "%{REMOTE_HOST}" "^host3"
+RewriteRule ...some special stuff for any of these hosts...</pre>
+
Without this flag you would have to write the condition/rule
pair three times.
is well understood.
</li>
</ul>
- </li>
- </ol>
<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
``<code>User-Agent:</code>'' header of the request, you can
use the following: </p>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla
-RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.max.html [L]
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT}" "(iPhone|Blackberry|Android)"
+RewriteRule "^/$" "/homepage.mobile.html" [L]
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx
-RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.min.html [L]
+RewriteRule "^/$" "/homepage.std.html" [L]</pre>
-RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.std.html [L]
-</pre></div>
<p>Explanation: If you use a browser which identifies itself
- as 'Mozilla' (including Netscape Navigator, Mozilla etc), then you
- get the max homepage (which could include frames, or other special
- features).
- If you use the Lynx browser (which is terminal-based), then
- you get the min homepage (which could be a version designed for
- easy, text-only browsing).
- If neither of these conditions apply (you use any other browser,
- or your browser identifies itself as something non-standard), you get
- the std (standard) homepage.</p>
+ as a mobile browser (note that the example is incomplete, as
+ there are many other mobile platforms), the mobile version of
+ the homepage is served. Otherwise, the standard page is served.
+ </p>
</div>
all. It does not even update the <code>SCRIPT_URx</code>
environment variables.</p>
- <p>Use this directive to disable the module instead of
- commenting out all the <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directives!</p>
+ <p>Use this directive to disable rules in a particular context,
+ rather than commenting out all the <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directives.</p>
<p>Note that rewrite configurations are not
inherited by virtual hosts. This means that you need to have a
<code>RewriteEngine on</code> directive for each virtual host
in which you wish to use rewrite rules.</p>
- <p><code class="directive">RewriteMap</code> directives of the type <code>prg</code>
+ <p><code class="directive"><a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></code> directives
+ of the type <code>prg</code>
are not started during server initialization if they're defined in a
- context that does not have <code class="directive">RewriteEngine</code> set to
+ context that does not have <code class="directive">RewriteEngine</code> set to
<code>on</code></p>
</div>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Defines a mapping function for key-lookup</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RewriteMap <em>MapName</em> <em>MapType</em>:<em>MapSource</em>
+ <em>MapTypeOptions</em>
</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#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_rewrite</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>The choice of different dbm types is available in
-Apache HTTP Server 2.0.41 and later</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">RewriteMap</code> directive defines a
<em>Rewriting Map</em> which can be used inside rule
<p>For example, you might define a
<code class="directive">RewriteMap</code> as:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- RewriteMap examplemap txt:/path/to/file/map.txt
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteMap examplemap "txt:/path/to/file/map.txt"</pre>
+
<p>You would then be able to use this map in a
<code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> as follows:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- RewriteRule ^/ex/(.*) ${examplemap:$1}
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteRule "^/ex/(.*)" "${examplemap:$1}"</pre>
+
+
+ <p>The meaning of the <em>MapTypeOptions</em> argument depends on
+ particular <em>MapType</em>. See the
+ <a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html">Using RewriteMap</a> for
+ more information.</p>
<p>The following combinations for <em>MapType</em> and
<em>MapSource</em> can be used:</p>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_rewrite</td></tr>
-<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td><code>MaxRedirects</code> is no longer available in version 2.1 and
-later</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">RewriteOptions</code> directive sets some
<dt><code>InheritBefore</code></dt>
<dd>
<p> Like <code>Inherit</code> above, but the rules from the parent scope
- are applied <strong>before</strong> rules specified in the child scope.
+ are applied <strong>before</strong> rules specified in the child scope.<br />
Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.3.10 and later.</p>
</dd>
+ <dt><code>InheritDown</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>If this option is enabled, all child configurations will inherit
+ the configuration of the current configuration. It is equivalent to
+ specifying <code>RewriteOptions Inherit</code> in all child
+ configurations. See the <code>Inherit</code> option for more details
+ on how the parent-child relationships are handled.<br />
+ Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.8 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><code>InheritDownBefore</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>Like <code>InheritDown</code> above, but the rules from the current
+ scope are applied <strong>before</strong> rules specified in any child's
+ scope.<br />
+ Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.8 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><code>IgnoreInherit</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>This option forces the current and child configurations to ignore
+ all rules that would be inherited from a parent specifying
+ <code>InheritDown</code> or <code>InheritDownBefore</code>.<br />
+ Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.8 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
<dt><code>AllowNoSlash</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>By default, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> will ignore URLs that map to a
directory on disk but lack a trailing slash, in the expectation that
the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a></code> module will issue the client with a redirect to
the canonical URL with a trailing slash.</p>
-
+
<p>When the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html#directoryslash">DirectorySlash</a></code> directive
is set to off, the <code>AllowNoSlash</code> option can be enabled to ensure
that rewrite rules are no longer ignored. This option makes it possible to
apply rewrite rules within .htaccess files that match the directory without
- a trailing slash, if so desired. Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.0 and
- later.</p>
+ a trailing slash, if so desired.<br />
+ Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.0 and later.</p>
</dd>
- </dl>
+ <dt><code>AllowAnyURI</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>When <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>
+ is used in <code>VirtualHost</code> or server context with
+ version 2.2.22 or later of httpd, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>
+ will only process the rewrite rules if the request URI is a <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a>. This avoids
+ some security issues where particular rules could allow
+ "surprising" pattern expansions (see <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3368">CVE-2011-3368</a>
+ and <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4317">CVE-2011-4317</a>).
+ To lift the restriction on matching a URL-path, the
+ <code>AllowAnyURI</code> option can be enabled, and
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> will apply the rule set to any
+ request URI string, regardless of whether that string matches
+ the URL-path grammar required by the HTTP specification.<br />
+ Available in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.3 and later.</p>
+
+ <div class="warning">
+ <h3>Security Warning</h3>
+
+ <p>Enabling this option will make the server vulnerable to
+ security issues if used with rewrite rules which are not
+ carefully authored. It is <strong>strongly recommended</strong>
+ that this option is not used. In particular, beware of input
+ strings containing the '<code>@</code>' character which could
+ change the interpretation of the transformed URI, as per the
+ above CVE names.</p>
+ </div>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><code>MergeBase</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>With this option, the value of <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code> is copied from where it's explicitly defined
+ into any sub-directory or sub-location that doesn't define its own
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code>. This was the
+ default behavior in 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, and the flag to restore it is
+ available Apache HTTP Server 2.4.4 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><code>IgnoreContextInfo</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>When a relative substitution is made
+ in directory (htaccess) context and <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code> has not been set, this module uses some
+ extended URL and filesystem context information to change the
+ relative substitution back into a URL. Modules such as
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code>
+ supply this extended context info. Available in 2.4.16 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt><code>LegacyPrefixDocRoot</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>Prior to 2.4.26, if a substitution was an absolute URL that matched
+ the current virtual host, the URL might first be reduced to a URL-path
+ and then later reduced to a local path. Since the URL can be reduced
+ to a local path, the path should be prefixed with the document root.
+ This prevents a file such as /tmp/myfile from being accessed when a
+ request is made to http://host/file/myfile with the following
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>.</p>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteRule /file/(.*) http://localhost/tmp/$1</pre>
+
+ <p>This option allows the old behavior to be used where the document
+ root is not prefixed to a local path that was reduced from a
+ URL. Available in 2.4.26 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
+ </dl>
+
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteRule" id="RewriteRule">RewriteRule</a> <a name="rewriterule" id="rewriterule">Directive</a></h2>
<p><a id="patterns" name="patterns"><em>Pattern</em></a> is
a perl compatible <a id="regexp" name="regexp">regular
- expression</a>. On the first RewriteRule it is applied to the (%-decoded)
- <a href="./directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a> of the request;
- subsequent patterns are applied to the output of the last matched
- RewriteRule.</p>
+ expression</a>. What this pattern is compared against varies depending
+ on where the <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> directive is defined. </p>
<div class="note"><h3><a id="what_is_matched" name="what_is_matched">What is matched?</a></h3>
- <p>In <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">VirtualHost</a></code> context,
- The <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the part of the
- URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").</p>
- <p>In <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">Directory</a></code> and htaccess context,
- the <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the
- <em>filesystem</em> path, after removing the prefix that lead the server
- to the current <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> (e.g. "app1/index.html"
- or "index.html" depending on where the directives are defined).</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><p>In <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">VirtualHost</a></code> context,
+ The <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the part of the
+ URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").
+ This is the (%-decoded) <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>In per-directory context (<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">Directory</a></code> and .htaccess),
+ the <em>Pattern</em> is matched against only a partial path, for example a request
+ of "/app1/index.html" may result in comparison against "app1/index.html"
+ or "index.html" depending on where the <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> is
+ defined.</p>
+
+ <p>The directory path where the rule is defined is stripped from the currently mapped
+ filesystem path before comparison (up to and including a trailing slash).
+ The net result of this per-directory prefix stripping is that rules in
+ this context only match against the portion of the currently mapped filesystem path
+ "below" where the rule is defined.</p>
+
+ <p>Directives such as <code class="directive">DocumentRoot</code> and <code class="directive">Alias</code>, or even the
+ result of previous <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> substitutions, determine
+ the currently mapped filesystem path.
+ </p>
+ </li>
- <p>If you wish to match against the hostname, port, or query string, use a
+ <li><p>If you wish to match against the hostname, port, or query string, use a
<code class="directive"><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code> with the
<code>%{HTTP_HOST}</code>, <code>%{SERVER_PORT}</code>, or
- <code>%{QUERY_STRING}</code> variables respectively.</p>
-
+ <code>%{QUERY_STRING}</code> variables respectively.</p></li>
+</ul>
</div>
<div class="note"><h3>Per-directory Rewrites</h3>
a user's directory, then you cannot use the rewrite engine. This
restriction is required for security reasons.</li>
-<li>When using the rewrite engine in <code>.htaccess</code> files the
-per-directory prefix (which always is the same for a specific
-directory) is automatically <em>removed</em> for the RewriteRule pattern matching
-and automatically <em>added</em> after any relative (not starting with a
-slash or protocol name) substitution encounters the end of a rule set.
-See the <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code>
+<li>See the <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code>
directive for more information regarding what prefix will be added back to
-relative substitions.</li>
+relative substitutions.</li>
<li> If you wish to match against the full URL-path in a per-directory
(htaccess) RewriteRule, use the <code>%{REQUEST_URI}</code> variable in
-a <code class="directive">RewriteCond</code>.</li>
+a <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>.</li>
<li>The removed prefix always ends with a slash, meaning the matching occurs against a string which
<em>never</em> has a leading slash. Therefore, a <em>Pattern</em> with <code>^/</code> never
matches in per-directory context.</li>
-<li>Although rewrite rules are syntactically permitted in <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files"><Files></a></code> sections, this
-should never be necessary and is unsupported.</li>
+<li>Although rewrite rules are syntactically permitted in <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files"><Files></a></code> sections
+(including their regular expression counterparts), this
+should never be necessary and is unsupported. A likely feature
+to break in these contexts is relative substitutions.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<dd>Designates the location on the file-system of the resource
to be delivered to the client. Substitutions are only
- treated as a file-system path when the rule is configured in
+ treated as a file-system path when the rule is configured in
server (virtualhost) context and the first component of the
- path in the substitution is exists in the file-system</dd>
+ path in the substitution exists in the file-system</dd>
<dt>URL-path</dt>
you specify a <em>Substitution</em> string of
<code>/www/file.html</code>, then this will be treated as a
URL-path <em>unless</em> a directory named <code>www</code>
- exists at the root or your file-system, in which case it will
+ exists at the root or your file-system (or, in the case of
+ using rewrites in a <code>.htaccess</code> file, relative to
+ your document root), in which case it will
be treated as a file-system path. If you wish other
URL-mapping directives (such as <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>) to be applied to the
resulting URL-path, use the <code>[PT]</code> flag as
</dl>
- <p>In addition to plain text, the <em>Substition</em> string can include</p>
+ <p>In addition to plain text, the <em>Substitution</em> string can include</p>
<ol>
<li>back-references (<code>$N</code>) to the RewriteRule
(<strong>N</strong>=0..9), which will be replaced
by the contents of the <strong>N</strong>th group of the
matched <em>Pattern</em>. The server-variables are the same
- as for the <em>TestString</em> of a <code>RewriteCond</code>
+ as for the <em>TestString</em> of a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>
directive. The mapping-functions come from the
- <code>RewriteMap</code> directive and are explained there.
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></code>
+ directive and are explained there.
These three types of variables are expanded in the order above.</p>
<p>Rewrite rules are applied to the results of previous rewrite
rules, in the order in which they are defined
- in the config file. The UR
I or file path (see <a href="#what_is_matched">"What is matched?"</a>, above) is <strong>completely
+ in the config file. The UR
L-path or file-system path (see <a href="#what_is_matched">"What is matched?"</a>, above) is <strong>completely
replaced</strong> by the <em>Substitution</em> and the
rewriting process continues until all rules have been applied,
or it is explicitly terminated by an
<p>Additionally you can set special <a name="rewriteflags" id="rewriteflags">actions</a> to be performed by
appending <strong><code>[</code><em>flags</em><code>]</code></strong>
- as the third argument to the <code>RewriteRule</code>
+ as the third argument to the <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code>
directive. <em>Flags</em> is a comma-separated list, surround by square
brackets, of any of the flags in the following table. More
details, and examples, for each flag, are available in the <a href="../rewrite/flags.html">Rewrite Flags document</a>.</p>
- <table class="bordered">
- <tr><th>Flag and syntax</th>
+ <table class="bordered"><tr class="header"><th>Flag and syntax</th>
<th>Function</th>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>B</td>
- <td>Escape non-alphanumeric characters <em>before</em> applying
- the transformation. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_b">details ...</a></em></td>
+ <td>Escape non-alphanumeric characters in backreferences <em>before</em>
+ applying the transformation. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_b">details ...</a></em></td>
+ </tr>
+<tr class="odd">
+ <td>backrefnoplus|BNP</td>
+ <td>If backreferences are being escaped, spaces should be escaped to
+ %20 instead of +. Useful when the backreference will be used in the
+ path component rather than the query string.<em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_bnp">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>chain|C</td>
<td>Rule is chained to the following rule. If the rule fails,
the rule(s) chained to it will be skipped. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_c">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>cookie|CO=<em>NAME</em>:<em>VAL</em></td>
<td>Sets a cookie in the client browser. Full syntax is:
CO=<em>NAME</em>:<em>VAL</em>:<em>domain</em>[:<em>lifetime</em>[:<em>path</em>[:<em>secure</em>[:<em>httponly</em>]]]] <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_co">details ...</a></em>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>discardpath|DPI</td>
<td>Causes the PATH_INFO portion of the rewritten URI to be
discarded. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_dpi">details
...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
+ <td>END</td>
+ <td>Stop the rewriting process immediately and don't apply any
+ more rules. Also prevents further execution of rewrite rules
+ in per-directory and .htaccess context. (Available in 2.3.9 and later)
+ <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_end">details ...</a></em></td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
<td>env|E=[!]<em>VAR</em>[:<em>VAL</em>]</td>
<td>Causes an environment variable <em>VAR</em> to be set (to the
value <em>VAL</em> if provided). The form !<em>VAR</em> causes
- the environment variable <em>VAR</em> to be unset.<em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_e">details ...</a></em></td>
+ the environment variable <em>VAR</em> to be unset.
+ <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_e">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>forbidden|F</td>
<td>Returns a 403 FORBIDDEN response to the client browser.
<em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_f">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>gone|G</td>
<td>Returns a 410 GONE response to the client browser. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_g">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>Handler|H=<em>Content-handler</em></td>
<td>Causes the resulting URI to be sent to the specified
<em>Content-handler</em> for processing. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_h">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>last|L</td>
<td>Stop the rewriting process immediately and don't apply any
more rules. Especially note caveats for per-directory and
.htaccess context (see also the END flag). <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_l">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>next|N</td>
<td>Re-run the rewriting process, starting again with the first
rule, using the result of the ruleset so far as a starting
point. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_n">details
...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>nocase|NC</td>
- <td>Makes the pattern pattern comparison case-insensitive.
+ <td>Makes the pattern comparison case-insensitive.
<em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_nc">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>noescape|NE</td>
<td>Prevent mod_rewrite from applying hexcode escaping of
special characters in the result of the rewrite. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_ne">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>nosubreq|NS</td>
<td>Causes a rule to be skipped if the current request is an
internal sub-request. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_ns">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>proxy|P</td>
<td>Force the substitution URL to be internally sent as a proxy
request. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_p">details
...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>passthrough|PT</td>
<td>Forces the resulting URI to be passed back to the URL
mapping engine for processing of other URI-to-filename
translators, such as <code>Alias</code> or
<code>Redirect</code>. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_pt">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>qsappend|QSA</td>
- <td>Appends any query string created in the rewrite target to
- any query string
that was in the original request URL. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_qsa">details ...</a></em></td>
+ <td>Appends any query string from the original request URL to
+ any query string
created in the rewrite target.<em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_qsa">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>qsdiscard|QSD</td>
<td>Discard any query string attached to the incoming URI.
<em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_qsd">details
...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
+ <td>qslast|QSL</td>
+ <td>Interpret the last (right-most) question mark as the query string
+ delimiter, instead of the first (left-most) as normally used.
+ Available in 2.4.19 and later.
+ <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_qsl">details
+ ...</a></em></td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
<td>redirect|R[=<em>code</em>]</td>
<td>Forces an external redirect, optionally with the specified
HTTP status code. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_r">details ...</a></em>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td>END</td>
- <td>Stop the rewriting process immediately and don't apply any
- more rules. Also prevents further execution of rewrite rules
- in per-directory and .htaccess context. (Available in 2.3.9 and later)
- <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_l">details ...</a></em></td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>skip|S=<em>num</em></td>
<td>Tells the rewriting engine to skip the next <em>num</em>
rules if the current rule matches. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_s">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
+<tr>
<td>type|T=<em>MIME-type</em></td>
<td>Force the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME-type</a> of the target file
to be the specified type. <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_t">details ...</a></em></td>
</tr>
- </table>
+</table>
<div class="note"><h3>Home directory expansion</h3>
<p> When the substitution string begins with a string
/somepath/pathinfo</code>'':</strong><br />
</p>
-<table class="bordered">
-<tr>
+<table class="bordered"><tr class="header">
<th>Given Rule</th>
<th>Resulting Substitution</th>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^/somepath(.*) otherpath$1</td>
<td>invalid, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^/somepath(.*) otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>invalid, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^/somepath(.*) otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>invalid, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1</td>
<td>/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>doesn't make sense, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^/somepath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1</td>
<td>/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^/somepath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^/somepath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>doesn't make sense, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1</td>
<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection (the [R] flag is redundant)</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via internal proxy</td>
</tr>
<p><strong>Inside per-directory configuration for
<code>/somepath</code><br />
- (<code>/physical/path/to/somepath/.htacccess</code>, with
- <code>RewriteBase /somepath</code>)<br />
+ (<code>/physical/path/to/somepath/.htaccess</code>, with
+ <code>RewriteBase "/somepath"</code>)<br />
for request ``<code>GET
/somepath/localpath/pathinfo</code>'':</strong><br />
</p>
-<table class="bordered">
-
-<tr>
+<table class="bordered"><tr class="header">
<th>Given Rule</th>
<th>Resulting Substitution</th>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^localpath(.*) otherpath$1</td>
<td>/somepath/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^localpath(.*) otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://thishost/somepath/otherpath/pathinfo via external
redirection</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^localpath(.*) otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>doesn't make sense, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^localpath(.*) /otherpath$1</td>
<td>/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^localpath(.*) /otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^localpath(.*) /otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>doesn't make sense, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^localpath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1</td>
<td>/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^localpath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^localpath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>doesn't make sense, not supported</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^localpath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1</td>
<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection</td>
</tr>
-
<tr>
<td>^localpath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [R]</td>
<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection (the [R] flag is redundant)</td>
</tr>
-
-<tr>
+<tr class="odd">
<td>^localpath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [P]</td>
<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via internal proxy</td>
</tr>
-
</table>
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