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<!--Java sync-link--><h1 class="topictitle1">Module mod_rewrite</h1>
<div><div class="important"><span class="importanttitle">Important:</span> Information
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<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
<p>This module allows you to control URL access to your HTTP Server. </p>
<p>For example, to prevent a particular user agent called Web crawler
from accessing any pages on the server. To do this, include the following
directives in your configuration: </p>
<blockquote><pre>RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Webcrawler
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F,L]</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>The first line enables the rewrite engine. The second line provides a test
that returns true if the HTTP_USER_AGENT string starts with the letters Web
crawler. If the second line is true, then the third line takes any URL string
and returns a forbidden message to the client. </p>
<p><strong>Directives</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewriteengine">RewriteEngine</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewritelog">RewriteLog</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewriteloglevel">RewriteLogLevel</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></li>
<li><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a> </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewritebase"><a name="rewritebase"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteBase</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteBase <em>Base_URL</em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: RewriteBase physical directory path</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewritebase__rewritebase_context"><a name="rewritebase__rewritebase_context"><!-- --></a>Directory,
but not Location, .htaccess </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: FileInfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewritebase__rewritebase_origin"><a name="rewritebase__rewritebase_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteBase /xyz</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteBase directive explicitly sets the base URL for per-directory
rewrites. As you will see below, RewriteRule can be used in per-directory
config files (.htaccess). There it will act locally (for example, the local
directory prefix is stripped at this stage of processing and your rewriting
rules act only on the remainder). At the end it is automatically added back
to the path.</p>
<p>When a substitution occurs for a new URL, this module has to re-inject
the URL into the processing server. To be able to do this it needs to know
what the corresponding URL-prefix or URL-base is. By default this prefix is
the corresponding filepath itself. At most, Web sites URLs are not directly
related to physical filename paths, so this assumption is usually incorrect.
In this case, you have to use the RewriteBase directive to specify the correct
URL-prefix. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If your webserver's URLs are not directly related to physical file paths,
you have to use RewriteBase in every .htaccess file where you want to use
RewriteRule directives.</div>
<p>Assume the following per-directory configuration file (/abc/def is the
physical path of /xyz, and the server has the 'Alias /xyz /ABC/def' established). </p>
<pre class="block">RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /xyz
RewriteRule ^old\.html$ new.html</pre>
<p>In the above example, a request to /xyz/old.html is correctly rewritten
to the physical file /ABC/def/new.html. </p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewritecond"><a name="rewritecond"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteCond</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteCond <em>TestString CondPattern [flags]</em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewritecond__rewritecond_context"><a name="rewritecond__rewritecond_context"><!-- --></a>server config,
virtual host, directory, .htaccess </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: FileInfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewritecond__rewritecond_origin"><a name="rewritecond__rewritecond_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla.*</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteCond directive defines a rule condition. Precede a RewriteRule
directive with one or more RewriteCond directives. The following rewriting
rule is only used if its pattern matches the current state of the URI and
if these additional conditions apply.</p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter One</strong>: <em>TestString</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>TestString</em> parameter can contain the following expanded constructs
in addition to plain text:<ul><li><strong>RewriteRule backreferences</strong>: These are backreferences of the form.<dl><dt class="dlterm">$N</dt>
<dd>(0 &lt;= N &lt;= 9) that provide access to the grouped sections (those
in parenthesis) of the pattern from the corresponding RewriteRule directive
(the one following the current RewriteCond directives).</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><strong>RewriteCond backreferences</strong>: These are backreferences of the form.<dl><dt class="dlterm">%N</dt>
<dd>0 &lt;= N &lt;= 9) that provide access to the grouped sections (those
in parenthesis) of the pattern from the last matched RewriteCond directive
in the current conditions</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><strong>RewriteMap expansions</strong>: These are expansions of the form.<dl><dt class="dlterm">${mapname:key|default} </dt>
<dd>See <a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a> for more details.</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><strong>Server-Variables</strong>: These are variables of the form<dl><dt class="dlterm">%{ NAME_OF_VARIABLE } </dt>
<dd>Where NAME_OF_VARIABLE can be a string taken from the following list:<dl><dt class="dlterm">HTTP headers</dt>
<dd><ul><li>HTTP_USER_AGENT </li>
<li>HTTP_REFERRER </li>
<li>HTTP_COOKIE</li>
<li>HTTP_FORWARDED</li>
<li>HTTP_HOST</li>
<li>HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION</li>
<li>HTTP_ACCEPT</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Connection and Request</dt>
<dd><ul><li>REMOTE_ADDR </li>
<li>REMOTE_HOST </li>
<li>REMOTE_USER</li>
<li>REMOTE_IDENT </li>
<li>REQUEST_METHOD </li>
<li>SCRIPT_FILENAME </li>
<li>PATH_INFO </li>
<li>QUERY_STRING </li>
<li>AUTH_TYPE </li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Server Internals</dt>
<dd><ul><li>DOCUMENT_ROOT</li>
<li>SERVER_ADMIN</li>
<li>SERVER_NAME</li>
<li>SERVER_ADDR</li>
<li>SERVER_PORT</li>
<li>SERVER_PROTOCOL</li>
<li>SERVER_SOFTWARE </li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">System</dt>
<dd><ul><li>TIME_YEAR</li>
<li>TIME_MON</li>
<li>TIME_DAY</li>
<li>TIME_HOUR</li>
<li>TIME_MIN</li>
<li>TIME_SEC</li>
<li>TIME_WDAY</li>
<li>TIME</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Special</dt>
<dd><ul><li>API_VERSION</li>
<li>THE_REQUEST</li>
<li>REQUEST_URI</li>
<li>REQUEST_FILENAME</li>
<li>IS_SUBREQ</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="tip"><span class="tiptitle">Tip:</span> <ol><li>The variables SCRIPT_FILENAME and REQUEST_FILENAME contain the same value
(the value of the filename field of the internal request_rec structure of
the server). The first name is just the commonly known CGI variable name while
the second is the consistent counterpart to REQUEST_URI (which contains the
value of the URI field of request_rec). </li>
<li>There is the special format: %{ENV:variable} where variable can be any
environment variable. This is looked-up via internal structures and (if not
found there) via getenv() from the server process. </li>
<li>There is the special format: %{HTTP:header} where header can be any HTTP
MIME-header name. This is looked-up from the HTTP request. Example: %{HTTP:Proxy-Connection}
is the value of the HTTP header ``Proxy-Connection:''. </li>
<li>There is the special format %{LA-U:variable} for look-aheads that perform
an internal (URL-based) sub-request to determine the final value of variable.
Use this when you want to use a variable for rewriting (which is actually
set later in an API phase and thus is not available at the current stage).
For instance when you want to rewrite according to the REMOTE_USER variable
from within the per-server context (httpd.conf file) you have to use %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER}
because this variable is set by the authorization phases that come after the
URL translation phase where mod_rewrite operates. On the other hand, because
mod_rewrite implements its per-directory context (.htaccess file) via the
Fixup phase of the API and because the authorization phases come before this
phase, you just can use %{REMOTE_USER} there. </li>
<li>There is the special format: %{LA-F:variable} that performs an internal
(filename-based) sub-request to determine the final value of variable. Most
of the time this is the same as LA-U above. </li>
</ol>
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter Two</strong>: <em>CondPattern</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>CondPattern</em> parameter is the condition pattern (a regular expression)
that is applied to the current instance of the TestString. TestString is evaluated
and then matched against CondPattern. <p>CondPattern is a standard Extended
Regular Expression with some additions: </p>
<ol><li>You can prefix the pattern string with a '!' character (exclamation mark)
to specify a non-matching pattern. </li>
<li>There are some special CondPattern variants. Instead of real regular expression
strings you can also use one of the following: <dl><dt class="dlterm">&lt;CondPattern</dt>
<dd>Treats the CondPattern as a plain string and compares it lexically to
TestString. True if TestString is lexically lower than CondPattern.</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">&gt;CondPattern</dt>
<dd>Treats the CondPattern as a plain string and compares it lexically to
TestString. True if TestString is lexically greater than CondPattern. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">=CondPattern</dt>
<dd>Treats the CondPattern as a plain string and compares it lexically to
TestString. True if TestString is lexically equal to CondPattern (the two
strings are exactly equal, character by character). If CondPattern is just
"" (two quotation marks) this compares TestString to the empty string. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">-d</dt>
<dd>Treats the TestString as a pathname and tests if it exists and is a directory. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">-f</dt>
<dd>Treats the TestString as a pathname and tests if it exists and is a regular
file. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">-s</dt>
<dd>Treats the TestString as a pathname and tests if it exists and is a regular
file with size greater than zero. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">-l</dt>
<dd>Treats the TestString as a pathname and tests if it exists and is a symbolic
link. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">-F</dt>
<dd>Checks if TestString is a valid file and accessible via all the server's
currently-configured access controls for that path. This uses an internal
subrequest to determine the check. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">-U</dt>
<dd>Checks if TestString is a valid URL and accessible via all the server's
currently-configured access controls for that path. This uses an internal
subrequest to determine the check. </dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> All of these tests can also be prefixed by an exclamation
mark ('!') to negate their meaning.</div>
</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter Three</strong>: <em>flags</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>flags</em> parameter is appended to the CondPattern parameter. The <em>flags</em> parameter
is a comma -serapertaed list of the following flags:<dl><dt class="dlterm">nocase|NC</dt>
<dd>This makes the test case-insensitive (there is no difference between 'A-Z'
and AZ both in the expanded TestString and the CondPattern). This flag is
effective only for comparisons between TestString and CondPattern. It has
no effect on filesystem and subrequest checks. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">ornext|OR</dt>
<dd>Use this to combine rule conditions with a local OR instead of the implicit
AND. Typical example: <pre class="block">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 cond/rule three times. </dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>To rewrite the Homepage of a site according to the ``User-Agent:'' header
of the request, you can use the following: </p>
<pre class="block">RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla.*
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.max.html [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx.*
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.min.html [L]
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.std.html [L]</pre>
<p>If you use Netscape Navigator as your browser (which identifies itself
as 'Mozilla'), then you get the max homepage, which includes Frames and so
on. If you use the Lynx browser (which is Terminal-based), then you get the
min homepage, which contains no images, no tables, and so on. If you use any
other browser you get the standard homepage. </p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewriteengine"><a name="rewriteengine"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteEngine</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteEngine <em>on | off </em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: RewriteEngine off </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewriteengine__rewriteengine_context"><a name="rewriteengine__rewriteengine_context"><!-- --></a>server config,
virtual host, directory, .htaccess </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: FileInfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewriteengine__rewriteengine_origin"><a name="rewriteengine__rewriteengine_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteEngine on </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteEngine directive enables or disables the runtime rewriting engine.
You can use this directive to disable the module instead of commenting out
all the RewriteRule directives. </p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter</strong>: <em>on | off</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>If set to <em>on</em> runtime processing is enabled. If it is set to <em>off</em> runtime
processing is disabled and this module does not runtime processing at all.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> By default, rewrite configurations are not inherited. This means that
you need to have the RewriteEngine on for each virtual host in which you want
to use it. </div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewritelog"><a name="rewritelog"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteLog</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteLog <em>filename</em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewritelog__rewritelog_context"><a name="rewritelog__rewritelog_context"><!-- --></a>server config,
virtual host</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewritelog__rewritelog_origin"><a name="rewritelog__rewritelog_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteLog "/usr/local/var/apache/logs/rewrite.log"</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteLog directive sets the name of the file to which the server
logs any rewriting actions it performs. The directive should occur only once
per server configuration. </p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter One</strong>: <em>filename</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>filename</em> parameter is any valid filename that QTMHHTTP has
authority to write to. If the name does not begin with a slash ('/') then
it is assumed to be relative to the Server Root. For example,<pre class="block">RewriteLog "/usr/local/var/apache/logs/rewrite.log"</pre>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> To disable the logging of rewriting actions it is not recommended to
set Filename to /dev/null, because although the rewriting engine does not
then output to a logfile, it still creates the logfile output internally.
This will slow down the server with no advantage to the administrator. To
disable logging either remove or comment out the RewriteLog directive or use <tt>RewriteLogLevel
0!</tt> in your configuration.</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewriteloglevel"><a name="rewriteloglevel"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteLogLevel</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteLogLevel <em>Level</em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: RewriteLogLevel 0</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewriteloglevel__rewriteloglevel_context"><a name="rewriteloglevel__rewriteloglevel_context"><!-- --></a>server
config, virtual host</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewriteloglevel__rewriteloglevel_origin"><a name="rewriteloglevel__rewriteloglevel_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteLogLevel 3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteLogLevel directive sets the level of the rewriting logfile.</p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter</strong>: <em>Level</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The Level parameter sets the level of the rewriting logfile. The default
level 0 means no logging, while 9 means that practically all actions are logged.
For example, <pre class="block">RewriteLogLevel 3</pre>
To
disable the logging of rewriting actions simply set Level to 0. This disables
all rewrite action logs.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Using a high value for Level will slow down your server dramatically.
Use the rewriting logfile at a Level greater than 2 only for debugging purposes. </div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewritemap"><a name="rewritemap"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteMap</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteMap <em>MapName MapType:MapSource</em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewritemap__rewritemap_context"><a name="rewritemap__rewritemap_context"><!-- --></a>server config,
virtual host</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewritemap__rewritemap_origin"><a name="rewritemap__rewritemap_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteMap servers rnd:/path/to/file/map.txt</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteMap directive defines a Rewriting Map that can be used inside
rule substitution strings by the mapping-functions to insert or substitute
fields through a key lookup. The source of this lookup can be of various types.
</p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter</strong>: <em>MapName</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>MapName</em> parameter is the name of the map and is used to specify
a mapping-function for the substitution strings of a rewriting rule via one
of the following constructs: <pre class="block">${ MapName : LookupKey }
${ MapName : LookupKey | DefaultValue }</pre>
<p>When such a construct
occurs the map MapName is consulted and the key LookupKey is looked-up. If
the key is found, the map-function construct is substituted by SubstValue.
If the key is not found then it is substituted by DefaultValue or by the empty
string if no DefaultValue was specified. The following combinations for MapType
and MapSource can be used: </p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Standard Plain Text</dt>
<dd>MapType: txt, MapSource: Path to a file <p>This is the standard rewriting
map feature where the MapSource is a plain text file containing either blank
lines, comment lines (starting with a '#' character) or pairs like the following
(one per line): MatchingKey SubstituionValue.</p>
<p><strong>File example:</strong></p>
<pre class="block">##
## map.txt -- rewriting map
##
Ralf.B.Jones rbj # Operator
Mr.Joe.Average joe # Mr. Average</pre>
<p><strong>Directive example:</strong></p>
<pre class="block">RewriteMap real-to-user txt:/path/to/file/map.txt</pre>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Randomized Plain Text</dt>
<dd>MapType: rnd, MapSource: Path to a file <p>This is identical to the Standard
Plain Text variant above but with a special post-processing feature. After
looking up a value it is parsed according to the contained horizontal bar
( | ) characters which mean "or". In other words, the horizontal bars indicate
a set of alternatives from which the actual returned value is randomly chosen.
This feature was designed for load balancing in a reverse proxy situation
where the looked up values are server names.</p>
<p><strong>File example:</strong></p>
<pre class="block">##
## map.txt -- rewriting map
##
static www1|www2|www3|www4
dynamic www5|www6</pre>
<p><strong>Directive example:</strong></p>
<pre class="block">RewriteMap servers rnd:/path/to/file/map.txt</pre>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Internal Function</dt>
<dd>MapType: int, MapSource: Internal Apache function<p>The following internal
functions are valid:</p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">toupper</dt>
<dd>Converts the looked up key to all upper case. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">tolower</dt>
<dd>Converts the looked up key to all lower case. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">escape</dt>
<dd>Translates special characters in the looked up key to hex-encodings. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">unescape</dt>
<dd>Translates hex-encodings in the looked up key back to special characters.</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The RewriteMap directive can occur more than once. For each mapping function
use one RewriteMap directive to declare its rewriting mapfile. While you cannot
declare a map in a per-directory context, it is possible to use this map in
a per-directory context. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The prg and dbm MapTypes are not supported.</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewriteoptions"><a name="rewriteoptions"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteOptions</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteOptions <em>Option</em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: none</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewriteoptions__rewriteoptions_context"><a name="rewriteoptions__rewriteoptions_context"><!-- --></a>server
config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: FileInfo</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewriteoptions__rewriteoptions_origin"><a name="rewriteoptions__rewriteoptions_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache</span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteOptions inherit</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteOptions directive sets some special options for the current
per-server or per-directory configuration.</p>
<blockquote><dl><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter</strong>: <em>Option</em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>Option</em> parameter strings can be one of the following:<dl class="dlexpand"><dt class="dltermexpand"><strong>inherit</strong></dt>
<dd>This forces the current configuration to inherit the configuration of
the parent. In per-virtual-server context this means that the maps, conditions
and rules of the main server are inherited. In per-directory context this
means that conditions and rules of the parent directory's .htaccess configuration
are inherited.</dd>
</dl>
<dl class="dlexpand"><dt class="dltermexpand"><strong>MaxRedirects=<em>number</em></strong></dt>
<dd>This forces a request to terminate after reaching a maximum number of
redirects and responds with a 500 Internal Server Error. The <em>number</em> parameter
value is the maximum number of redirects allowed. This prevents endless loops
of internal redirects issued by per-directory RewriteRules. If additional
internal redirects are required, increase the default to the desired value.
For example, <samp class="codeph">RewriteOptions MaxRedirects=13</samp>.</dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hr" id="rewriterule"><a name="rewriterule"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">RewriteRule</h2>
<div>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="void" border="0" rules="none"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Module">Module</a></strong>: mod_rewrite </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Syntax">Syntax</a></strong>: RewriteRule <em>pattern substitution [flags] </em></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Default">Default</a></strong>: none </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Context">Context</a></strong>: <span id="rewriterule__rewriterule_context"><a name="rewriterule__rewriterule_context"><!-- --></a>server config,
virtual host, directory, .htaccess </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Override">Override</a></strong>: FileInfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Origin">Origin</a></strong>: <span id="rewriterule__rewriterule_origin"><a name="rewriterule__rewriterule_origin"><!-- --></a>Apache </span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong><a href="rzaiedirective-dict.htm#rzaiedirective-dict__Example">Example</a></strong>: RewriteRule ^/ABC(.*) /def$1 [PT] </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The RewriteRule directive is the real rewriting workhorse. The directive
can occur more than once. Each directive then defines one single rewriting
rule. The definition order of these rules is important, because this order
is used when applying the rules at run-time. </p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter One</strong>: <em>pattern </em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>pattern</em> parameter can be an extended regular expression which
gets applied to the current URL. Here ``current'' means the value of the URL
when this rule gets applied. This may not be the originally requested URL,
because any number of rules may already have matched and made alterations
to it. See <a href="rzaieenvvar.htm">Environment variables on HTTP Server</a> for more information. </li>
<li>Additionally in mod_rewrite the not character ('!') is a possible pattern
prefix. This gives you the ability to negate a pattern; to say, for instance:
``if the current URL does not match this pattern''. This can be used for exceptional
cases, where it is easier to match the negative pattern, or as a last default
rule. </li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> When using the not character to negate a pattern you cannot
have grouped wild card parts in the pattern. This is impossible because when
the pattern does not match, there are no contents for the groups, and you
cannot use $N in the substitution string. </div>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter Two</strong>: <em>substitution </em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <em>substitution</em> parameter is the string which is substituted for
(or replaces) the original URL for which Pattern matched. Beside plain text
you can use back-references $N to the RewriteRule pattern, back-references
%N to the last matched RewriteCond pattern, server-variables as in rule condition
test-strings (%{VARNAME}) and mapping-function calls (${mapname:key|default}). </li>
<li>Back-references are $N (N=0..9) identifiers which will be replaced by
the contents of the Nth group of the matched Pattern. The server-variables
are the same as for the TestString of a RewriteCond directive. The mapping-functions
come from the RewriteMap directive and are explained there. These three types
of variables are expanded in the order of the above list. As already mentioned
above, all the rewriting rules are applied to the Substitution (in the order
of definition in the config file). The URL is completely replaced by the Substitution
and the rewriting process goes on until there are no more rules unless explicitly
terminated by a L flag - see below. </li>
<li>There is a special substitution string named '-' which means: NO substitution.
It is useful to provide rewriting rules which only match some URLs but do
no substitution, for example, in conjunction with the C (chain) flag to be
able to have more than one pattern to be applied before a substitution occurs. </li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> You can even create URLs in the substitution string containing a query
string part. Just use a question mark inside the substitution string to indicate
that the following stuff should be re-injected into the QUERY_STRING. When
you want to erase an existing query string, end the substitution string with
just the question mark. There is a special feature: When you prefix a substitution
field with http://thishost[:thisport] then mod_rewrite automatically strips
it out. This auto reduction on implicit external redirect URLs is a useful
and important feature when used in combination with a mapping-function which
generates the hostname part. Have a look at the first example in the example
section below to understand this.</div>
<p>Remember, an unconditional external redirect to your own server will not
work with the prefix http://thishost because of this feature. To achieve such
a self-redirect, you have to use the R-flag (see below). </p>
<dl class="block"><dt class="dlterm"><strong>Parameter Three</strong>: <em>flags </em></dt>
<dd><ul><li>The <u>flags</u> parameter can additionally be set to special [flags]
for Substitution by appending [flags] as the third argument to the RewriteRule
directive. Flags is a comma separated list of the following flags: <dl><dt class="dlterm">redirect|R [=code]</dt>
<dd>Prefix Substitution with http://thishost[:thisport]/ (which makes the
new URL a URI) to force a external redirection. If no code is given an HTTP
response of 302 (MOVED TEMPORARILY) is used. If you want to use other response
codes in the range 300-400 just specify them as a number or use one of the
following symbolic names: temp (default), permanent, seeother. Use it for
rules which should canonicalize the URL and give it back to the client, for
example, translate ``/~'' into ``/u/'' or always append a slash to /u/user,
etc. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> When you use this flag, make sure that the substitution field is
a valid URL. If not, you are redirecting to an invalid location! And remember
that this flag itself only prefixes the URL with http://thishost[:thisport]/,
rewriting continues. Usually you also want to stop and do the redirection
immediately. To stop the rewriting you also have to provide the 'L' flag.
</div>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">forbidden|F</dt>
<dd>This forces the current URL to be forbidden, for example, it immediately
sends back an HTTP response of 403 (FORBIDDEN). Use this flag in conjunction
with appropriate RewriteConds to conditionally block some URLs. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">gone|G</dt>
<dd>This forces the current URL to be gone, for example, it immediately sends
back an HTTP response of 410 (GONE). Use this flag to mark pages which no
longer exist as gone. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">proxy|P</dt>
<dd>This flag forces the substitution part to be internally forced as a proxy
request and immediately (for example, rewriting rule processing stops here)
put through the <a href="rzaiemod_proxy.htm">proxy module</a>. You have to make sure that the substitution
string is a valid URI (for example, typically starting with http://hostname)
which can be handled by HTTP Server proxy module. If not you get an error
from the proxy module. Use this flag to achieve a more powerful implementation
of the ProxyPass directive, to map some remote stuff into the name space of
the local server. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> To use this functionality make sure you have the proxy
module loaded into your HTTP Server configuration (for example, via LoadModule
directive). </div>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">last|L</dt>
<dd>Stop the rewriting process here and don't apply any more rewriting rules.
(This corresponds to the Perl last command or the break command from the C
language.) Use this flag to prevent the currently rewritten URL from being
rewritten further by following rules. For example, use it to rewrite the rootpath
URL ('/') to a real one, for example, '/e/www/'. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">next|N</dt>
<dd>Re-run the rewriting process (starting again with the first rewriting
rule). Here the URL to match is again not the original URL but the URL from
the last rewriting rule. (This corresponds to the Perl next command or the
continue command from the C language.) Use this flag to restart the rewriting
process, for example, to immediately go to the top of the loop. But be careful
not to create an infinite loop.</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">chain|C</dt>
<dd>This flag chains the current rule with the next rule (which itself can
be chained with the following rule, etc.). This has the following effect:
if a rule matches, then processing continues as usual, for example, the flag
has no effect. If the rule does not match, then all following chained rules
are skipped. For instance, use it to remove the ``.www'' part inside a per-directory
rule set when you let an external redirect happen (where the ``.www '' part
should not occur). </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">type|T=MIME-type</dt>
<dd>Force the MIME-type of the target file to be MIME-type. For instance,
this can be used to simulate the mod_alias directive ScriptAlias which internally
forces all files inside the mapped directory to have a MIME type of ``application/x-httpd-cgi''. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">nosubreq|NS</dt>
<dd>This flag forces the rewriting engine to skip a rewriting rule if the
current request is an internal sub-request. For instance, sub-requests occur
internally in HTTP Server when mod_include tries to find out information about
possible directory default files (index.xxx). On sub-requests it is not always
useful and even sometimes causes a failure if the complete set of rules are
applied. Use this flag to exclude some rules. Whenever you prefix some URLs
with CGI-scripts to force them to be processed by the CGI-script, the chance
is high that you will run into problems (or even overhead) on sub-requests.
In these cases, use this flag. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">nocase|NC</dt>
<dd>This makes the Pattern case insensitive, for example, there is no difference
between AZ and AZ when Pattern is matched against the current URL. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">qsappend|QSA</dt>
<dd>This flag forces the rewriting engine to append a query string part in
the substitution string to the existing one instead of replacing it. Use this
when you want to add more data to the query string via a rewrite rule. </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">passthrough|PT</dt>
<dd>This flag forces the rewriting engine to set the URI field of the internal
request_rec structure to the value of the filename field. This flag is used
to be able to post-process the output of RewriteRule directives by Alias,
ScriptAlias, Redirect, etc. - directives from other URI-to-filename translators.
A trivial example to show the semantics: If you want to rewrite /ABC to /def
via the rewriting engine of mod_rewrite and then /def to /ghi with mod_alias:<pre class="block">RewriteRule ^/ABC(.*) /def$1 [PT]
Alias /def /ghi </pre>
<p>If you omit the PT flag then mod_rewrite will do its job fine,
for example, it rewrites uri=/ABC/... to filename=/def/... as a full API-compliant
URI-to-filename translator should do. Then mod_alias comes and tries to do
a URI-to-filename transition which will not work. </p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> You have to use
this flag if you want to intermix directives of different modules which contain
URL-to-filename translators. The typical example is the use of mod_alias and
mod_rewrite. </div>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">skip|S=num</dt>
<dd>This flag forces the rewriting engine to skip the next num rules in sequence
when the current rule matches. Use this to make pseudo if-then-else constructs:
The last rule of the then-clause becomes skip=N where N is the number of rules
in the else-clause. (This is not the same as the 'chain|C' flag.) </dd>
</dl>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">env|E=VAR:VAL</dt>
<dd>This forces an environment variable named VAR to be set to the value VAL,
where VAL can contain regexp backreferences $N and %N which will be expanded.
You can use this flag more than once to set more than one variable. The variables
can be later dereferenced in many situations, but usually from within SSI
(via &lt;!--#echo var="VAR"--&gt;) or CGI (for example $ENV{'VAR'}). Additionally
you can dereference it in a following RewriteCond pattern via %{ENV:VAR}.
Use this to strip but remember information from URLs. </dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Never forget that Pattern is applied to a complete URL in per-server
configuration files. But in per-directory configuration files, the per-directory
prefix (which always is the same for a specific directory!) is automatically
removed for the pattern matching and automatically added after the substitution
has been done. This feature is essential for many sorts of rewriting, because
without this prefix stripping you have to match the parent directory which
is not always possible. There is one exception: If a substitution string starts
with ``http://'' then the directory prefix will not be added and an external
redirect or proxy throughput (if flag P is used) is forced. To enable the
rewriting engine for per-directory configuration files you need to set RewriteEngine
On in these files and Option FollowSymLinks must be enabled. If the override
of FollowSymLinks is disabled for a user's directory, then you cannot use
the rewriting engine. This restriction is needed for security reasons.</div>
<p><strong>Possible substitution combinations and meanings:</strong> </p>
<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" id="d0e1191">Given rule</th>
<th valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" id="d0e1193">Resulting substitution</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">/otherpath/pathinfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) /otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [R] </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via internal proxy </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">/somepath/otherpath/pathinfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://thishost/somepath/otherpath/pathinfo via external
redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) /otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">/otherpath/pathinfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) /otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) /otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">/otherpath/pathinfo </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://thishost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) http://thishost/otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">not supported </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [R] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via external redirection
(the [R] flag is redundant) </td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="42.857142857142854%" headers="d0e1191 ">^localpath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [P] </td>
<td valign="top" width="57.14285714285714%" headers="d0e1193 ">http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via internal proxy </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<p>If you wanted to rewrite URLs of the form <tt>/ Language /~ Realname /.../
File into /u/ Username /.../ File</tt> . Language, you would take the rewrite
mapfile from above and save it under <tt>/path/to/file/map.txt</tt>. Then
we only have to add the following lines to HTTP Server configuration file:
</p>
<pre class="block">RewriteLog /path/to/file/rewrite.log
RewriteMap real-to-user txt:/path/to/file/map.txt
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/~([^/]+)/(.*)$ /u/${real-to-user:$2|nobody}/$3.$1</pre>
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