mention the quirksof REQUEST_FILENAME earlier. PR48796

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@914980 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en
index 916e564a9d0fbdeb9a4aef7f3cee536d25e30b2e..8eac029b9474d914632e4221f22c37599bd04fe2 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en
@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ RewriteRule ^index\.html$  newsite.html
                   <dt><code>REQUEST_FILENAME</code></dt>
 
                   <dd>The full local filesystem path to the file or
-                  script matching the request.</dd>
+                  script matching the request, if this has already
+                  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>
 

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
index 78d67ea1df46631dc93b5a7755b1e573cfe55628..1e75dd9c6757da6338148c445f9256df1093df64 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
@@ -688,7 +688,11 @@ RewriteRule ^index\.html$  newsite.html
                   <dt><code>REQUEST_FILENAME</code></dt>
 
                   <dd>The full local filesystem path to the file or
-                  script matching the request.</dd>
+                  script matching the request, if this has already
+                  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>