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level higher than <code>trace2</code> only for debugging!
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- <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
- LogLevel alert rewrite:trace3
- </pre>
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">LogLevel alert rewrite:trace3</pre>
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<div class="note"><h3>RewriteLog</h3>
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
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
Alias /myapp /opt/myapp-1.2.3
<Directory /opt/myapp-1.2.3>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /myapp/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ welcome.html
-</Directory>
-</pre>
+</Directory></pre>
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<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
<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 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 an
- <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>
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
whether or not it exists, and is a regular file with size greater
than zero.</li>
- <li>'<strong>-U</strong>' (is existing URL, via
+ <li><p>'<strong>-U</strong>' (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>
+ 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> </li>
<li>'<strong>-x</strong>' (has e<strong>x</strong>ecutable
permissions)<br />
to block unwanted hotlinking.
</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
- RewriteCond expr "! %{HTTP_REFERER} -strmatch '*://%{HTTP_HOST}/*'"<br />
- RewriteRule ^/images - [F]
- </pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"> RewriteCond expr "! %{HTTP_REFERER} -strmatch '*://%{HTTP_HOST}/*'"<br />
+ RewriteRule ^/images - [F]</pre>
</li>
Use this to combine rule conditions with a local OR
instead of the implicit AND. Typical example:
-<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1 [OR]
+<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>
+RewriteRule ...some special stuff for any of these hosts...</pre>
Without this flag you would have to write the condition/rule
``<code>User-Agent:</code>'' header of the request, you can
use the following: </p>
-<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
-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>
<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
<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>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
- RewriteMap examplemap txt:/path/to/file/map.txt
- </pre>
+ <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>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
- RewriteRule ^/ex/(.*) ${examplemap:$1}
- </pre>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteRule ^/ex/(.*) ${examplemap:$1}</pre>
<p>The following combinations for <em>MapType</em> and
<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
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>
+ <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>
</dl>
<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 matched against
- the (%-decoded) <a href="./directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a> (or
- <a href="./directive-dict.html#Syntax">file-path</a>, depending
+ the (%-decoded) <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a> (or
+ <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">file-path</a>, depending
on the context) of the request. Subsequent patterns are matched against the
output of the last matching RewriteRule.</p>
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
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>
+<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>
<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 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 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>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>
<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 class="odd">
<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>/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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