From 32b857f96061dda41ffbcff800284f962e52cd45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Bowen Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:31:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Rebuild intro doc. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1028731 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en | 16 ++++++++++------ docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr | 2 +- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en index 6678276052..ac868750b2 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en @@ -24,15 +24,18 @@ -

mod_rewrite uses a rule-based rewriting engine (based on a - regular-expression parser) to rewrite requested URLs on the - fly. It supports an unlimited number of rules and an +

mod_rewrite provides a way to modify incoming + URL requests, dynamically, based on regular + expression rules. This allows you to map arbitrary URLs onto + your internal URL structure in any way you like.

+ +

It supports an unlimited number of rules and an unlimited number of attached rule conditions for each rule to provide a really flexible and powerful URL manipulation mechanism. The URL manipulations can depend on various tests: server variables, environment variables, HTTP - headers, time stamps external database lookups, and various other - external processes or handlers, can be used to achieve granular URL + headers, time stamps, external database lookups, and various other + external programs or handlers, can be used to achieve granular URL matching.

Rewrite rules can operate on the full URLs, including the path-info @@ -41,7 +44,8 @@ per-directory context (.htaccess files and <Directory> blocks). The rewritten result can lead to further rules, internal sub-processing, external request redirection, or proxy - passthrough.

+ passthrough, depending on what flags you + attach to the rules.

Since mod_rewrite is so powerful, it can indeed be rather complex. This document supplements the reference documentation, and diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr index 93b46be4b3..e529564ea6 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr +++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - +