substituted by <em>DefaultValue</em> or by the empty string
if no <em>DefaultValue</em> was specified.</p>
- <p>For example, you might define a
+ <p>For example, you can define a
<code class="directive">RewriteMap</code> as:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteMap examplemap txt:/path/to/file/map.txt</pre>
per line. Optionally, a line may be contain a comment, starting with
a '#' character.</p>
- <p>For example, the following might be valid entries in a map
- file.</p>
+ <p>A valid text rewrite map file will have the following syntax:</p>
- <p class="indent">
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
# Comment line<br />
<strong><em>MatchingKey</em> <em>SubstValue</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>MatchingKey</em> <em>SubstValue</em></strong> # comment<br />
- </p>
+ </code></p></div>
<p>When the RewriteMap is invoked the argument is looked for in the
first argument of a line, and, if found, the substitution value is
returned.</p>
- <p>For example, we might use a mapfile to translate product names to
+ <p>For example, we can use a mapfile to translate product names to
product IDs for easier-to-remember URLs, using the following
recipe:</p>
<p><strong>Product to ID configuration</strong></p>
One of these values will be chosen at random if the key is
matched.</p>
- <p>For example, you might use the following map
+ <p>For example, you can use the following map
file and directives to provide a random load balancing between
several back-end servers, via a reverse-proxy. Images are sent
to one of the servers in the 'static' pool, while everything