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+<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_rewrite</h1>
+<div class="toplang">
+<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_rewrite.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
+<a href="../fr/mod/mod_rewrite.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français">&nbsp;fr&nbsp;</a></p>
+</div>
+<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Provides a rule-based rewriting engine to rewrite requested
+URLs on the fly</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>rewrite_module</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_rewrite.c</td></tr></table>
+<h3>Summary</h3>
+
+ <p>The <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> module uses a rule-based rewriting
+ engine, based on a PCRE regular-expression parser, to rewrite requested URLs on
+ the fly. By default, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> maps a URL to a filesystem
+ path. However, it can also be used to redirect one URL to another URL, or
+ to invoke an internal proxy fetch.</p>
+ <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> provides a flexible and powerful way to
+ manipulate URLs using an unlimited number of rules. Each rule can have an
+ unlimited number of attached rule conditions, to allow you to rewrite URL
+ based on server variables, environment variables, HTTP headers, or time
+ stamps.</p>
+ <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> operates on the full URL path, including the
+ path-info section. A rewrite rule can be invoked in
+ <code>httpd.conf</code> or in <code>.htaccess</code>. The path generated
+ by a rewrite rule can include a query string, or can lead to internal
+ sub-processing, external request redirection, or internal proxy
+ throughput.</p>
+
+ <p>Further details, discussion, and examples, are provided in the
+ <a href="../rewrite/">detailed mod_rewrite documentation</a>.</p>
+</div>
+<div id="quickview"><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html" class="badge"><img src="https://www.apache.org/images/SupportApache-small.png" alt="Support Apache!" /></a><h3>Topics</h3>
+<ul id="topics">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logging">Logging</a></li>
+</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
+<ul id="toc">
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewriteengine">RewriteEngine</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></li>
+<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></li>
+</ul>
+<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_rewrite">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_rewrite">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
+<ul class="seealso">
+<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="section">
+<h2><a name="logging" id="logging">Logging</a></h2>
+
+ <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> offers detailed logging of its actions
+ at the <code>trace1</code> to <code>trace8</code> log levels. The
+ log level can be set specifically for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>
+ using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> directive: Up to
+ level <code>debug</code>, no actions are logged, while <code>trace8</code>
+ means that practically all actions are logged.</p>
+
+ <div class="note">
+ Using a high trace log level for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>
+ will slow down your Apache HTTP Server dramatically! Use a log
+ level higher than <code>trace2</code> only for debugging!
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">LogLevel alert rewrite:trace3</pre>
+</div>
+
+ <div class="note"><h3>RewriteLog</h3>
+ <p>Those familiar with earlier versions of
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> will no doubt be looking for the
+ <code>RewriteLog</code> and <code>RewriteLogLevel</code>
+ directives. This functionality has been completely replaced by the
+ new per-module logging configuration mentioned above.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>To get just the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>-specific log
+ messages, pipe the log file through grep:</p>
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ tail -f error_log|fgrep '[rewrite:'
+ </code></p></div>
+ </div>
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteBase" id="RewriteBase">RewriteBase</a> <a name="rewritebase" id="rewritebase">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the base URL for per-directory rewrites</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RewriteBase <em>URL-path</em></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>None</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<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>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> directive specifies the
+ URL prefix to be used for per-directory (htaccess)
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> directives that
+ substitute a relative path.</p>
+ <p> This directive is <em>required</em> when you use a relative path
+ in a substitution in per-directory (htaccess) context unless any
+ of the following conditions are true:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li> The original request, and the substitution, are underneath the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>
+ (as opposed to reachable by other means, such as
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>).</li>
+ <li> The <em>filesystem</em> path to the directory containing the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>,
+ suffixed by the relative
+ substitution is also valid as a URL path on the server
+ (this is rare).</li>
+ <li> In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.16 and later, this directive may be
+ omitted when the request is mapped via
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>
+ or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code>.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+<p> In the example below, <code class="directive">RewriteBase</code> is necessary
+ to avoid rewriting to http://example.com/opt/myapp-1.2.3/welcome.html
+ 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"
+AliasMatch "^/myapp" "/opt/myapp-1.2.3"
+&lt;Directory "/opt/myapp-1.2.3"&gt;
+ RewriteEngine On
+ RewriteBase "/myapp/"
+ RewriteRule "^index\.html$" "welcome.html"
+&lt;/Directory&gt;</pre>
+
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteCond" id="RewriteCond">RewriteCond</a> <a name="rewritecond" id="rewritecond">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Defines a condition under which rewriting will take place
+</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code> RewriteCond
+ <em>TestString</em> <em>CondPattern</em> [<em>flags</em>]</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_rewrite</td></tr>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteCond</code> directive defines a
+ rule condition. One or more <code class="directive">RewriteCond</code>
+ can precede a <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>
+ directive. The following rule is then only used if both
+ the current state of the URI matches its pattern, <strong>and</strong> if these conditions are met.</p>
+
+ <p><em>TestString</em> is a string which can contain the
+ following expanded constructs in addition to plain text:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <strong>RewriteRule backreferences</strong>: These are
+ backreferences of the form <strong><code>$N</code></strong>
+ (0 &lt;= N &lt;= 9). $1 to $9 provide access to the grouped
+ parts (in parentheses) of the pattern, from the
+ <code>RewriteRule</code> which is subject to the current
+ set of <code>RewriteCond</code> conditions. $0 provides
+ access to the whole string matched by that pattern.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <strong>RewriteCond backreferences</strong>: These are
+ backreferences of the form <strong><code>%N</code></strong>
+ (0 &lt;= N &lt;= 9). %1 to %9 provide access to the grouped
+ parts (again, in parentheses) of the pattern, from the last matched
+ <code>RewriteCond</code> in the current set
+ of conditions. %0 provides access to the whole string matched by
+ that pattern.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <strong>RewriteMap expansions</strong>: These are
+ expansions of the form <strong><code>${mapname:key|default}</code></strong>.
+ See <a href="#mapfunc">the documentation for
+ RewriteMap</a> for more details.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <strong>Server-Variables</strong>: These are variables of
+ the form
+ <strong><code>%{</code> <em>NAME_OF_VARIABLE</em>
+ <code>}</code></strong>
+ where <em>NAME_OF_VARIABLE</em> can be a string taken
+ from the following list:
+
+ <table>
+
+ <tr>
+ <th>HTTP headers:</th> <th>connection &amp; request:</th> <th />
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ HTTP_ACCEPT<br />
+ HTTP_COOKIE<br />
+ HTTP_FORWARDED<br />
+ HTTP_HOST<br />
+ HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION<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 />
+ REQUEST_METHOD<br />
+ SCRIPT_FILENAME<br />
+ </td>
+
+ <td />
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <th>server internals:</th> <th>date and time:</th> <th>specials:</th>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ DOCUMENT_ROOT<br />
+ SCRIPT_GROUP<br />
+ SCRIPT_USER<br />
+ SERVER_ADDR<br />
+ SERVER_ADMIN<br />
+ SERVER_NAME<br />
+ SERVER_PORT<br />
+ SERVER_PROTOCOL<br />
+ SERVER_SOFTWARE<br />
+ </td>
+
+ <td>
+ TIME_YEAR<br />
+ TIME_MON<br />
+ TIME_DAY<br />
+ TIME_HOUR<br />
+ TIME_MIN<br />
+ TIME_SEC<br />
+ TIME_WDAY<br />
+ TIME<br />
+ </td>
+
+ <td>
+ API_VERSION<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>
+
+ <p>These variables all
+ 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 <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
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#usecanonicalphysicalport">UseCanonicalPhysicalPort</a></code>
+ respectively.</p>
+
+ <p>Those that are special to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> include those below.</p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>API_VERSION</code></dt>
+
+ <dd>This is the version of the Apache httpd module API
+ (the internal interface between server and
+ module) in the current httpd build, as defined in
+ include/ap_mmn.h. The module API version
+ corresponds to the version of Apache httpd in use (in
+ the release version of Apache httpd 1.3.14, for
+ instance, it is 19990320:10), but is mainly of
+ interest to module authors.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>CONN_REMOTE_ADDR</code></dt>
+
+ <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>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>
+
+ <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>
+
+ <dd>The full local filesystem path to the file or
+ 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>. 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 (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 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>
+ </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>. 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>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ <p>The variables SCRIPT_FILENAME and REQUEST_FILENAME
+ contain the same value - the value of the
+ <code>filename</code> field of the internal
+ <code>request_rec</code> structure of the Apache HTTP Server.
+ The first name is the commonly known CGI variable name
+ while the second is the appropriate counterpart of
+ REQUEST_URI (which contains the value of the
+ <code>uri</code> field of <code>request_rec</code>).</p>
+ <p>If a substitution occurred and the rewriting continues,
+ the value of both variables will be updated accordingly.</p>
+ <p>If used in per-server context (<em>i.e.</em>, before the
+ request is mapped to the filesystem) SCRIPT_FILENAME and
+ REQUEST_FILENAME cannot contain the full local filesystem
+ path since the path is unknown at this stage of processing.
+ Both variables will initially contain the value of REQUEST_URI
+ in that case. In order to obtain the full local filesystem
+ path of the request in per-server context, use an URL-based
+ look-ahead <code>%{LA-U:REQUEST_FILENAME}</code> to determine
+ the final value of REQUEST_FILENAME.</p></li>
+
+ <li>
+ <code>%{ENV:variable}</code>, where <em>variable</em> can be
+ any environment variable, is also available.
+ This is looked-up via internal
+ Apache httpd structures and (if not found there) via
+ <code>getenv()</code> from the Apache httpd server process.</li>
+
+ <li>
+ <code>%{SSL:variable}</code>, where <em>variable</em> is the
+ name of an <a href="mod_ssl.html#envvars">SSL environment
+ variable</a>, can be used whether or not
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> is loaded, but will always expand to
+ the empty string if it is not. Example:
+ <code>%{SSL:SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZE}</code> may expand to
+ <code>128</code>. These variables are available even without
+ setting the <code>StdEnvVars</code> option of the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html#ssloptions">SSLOptions</a></code> directive.</li>
+
+ <li>
+ <code>%{HTTP:header}</code>, where <em>header</em> can be
+ any HTTP MIME-header name, can always be used to obtain the
+ value of a header sent in the HTTP request.
+ Example: <code>%{HTTP:Proxy-Connection}</code> is
+ 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 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>
+ <p>It has to be kept in mind that conditions follow a short circuit
+ logic in the case of the '<strong><code>ornext|OR</code></strong>' flag
+ so that certain conditions might not be evaluated at all.</p></li>
+
+ <li>
+ <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
+ stage, but will be set in a later phase.
+ <p>For instance, to rewrite according to the
+ <code>REMOTE_USER</code> variable from within the
+ per-server context (<code>httpd.conf</code> file) you must
+ use <code>%{LA-U:REMOTE_USER}</code> - this
+ variable is set by the authorization phases, which come
+ <em>after</em> the URL translation phase (during which
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> operates).</p>
+ <p>On the other hand, because <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> implements
+ its per-directory context (<code>.htaccess</code> file) via
+ the Fixup phase of the API and because the authorization
+ phases come <em>before</em> this phase, you just can use
+ <code>%{REMOTE_USER}</code> in that context.</p></li>
+
+ <li>
+ <code>%{LA-F:variable}</code> can be used to perform an internal
+ (filename-based) sub-request, to determine the final value
+ of <em>variable</em>. Most of the time, this is the same as
+ LA-U above.</li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p><em>CondPattern</em> is the condition pattern,
+ a regular expression which is applied to the
+ current instance of the <em>TestString</em>.
+ <em>TestString</em> is first evaluated, before being matched against
+ <em>CondPattern</em>.</p>
+
+ <p><em>CondPattern</em> is usually a
+ <em>perl compatible regular expression</em>, but there is
+ additional syntax available to perform other useful tests against
+ the <em>Teststring</em>:</p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>You can prefix the pattern string with a
+ '<code>!</code>' character (exclamation mark) to negate the result
+ of the condition, no matter what kind of <em>CondPattern</em> is used.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ You can perform lexicographical string comparisons:
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt><strong>&lt;CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically precedes<br />
+ Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
+ compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True if
+ <em>TestString</em> lexicographically precedes
+ <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>&gt;CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically follows<br />
+ Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
+ compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True if
+ <em>TestString</em> lexicographically follows
+ <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>=CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically equal<br />
+ Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
+ compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True if
+ <em>TestString</em> is lexicographically equal to
+ <em>CondPattern</em> (the two strings are exactly
+ equal, character for character). If <em>CondPattern</em>
+ is <code>""</code> (two quotation marks) this
+ compares <em>TestString</em> to the empty string.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>&lt;=CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically less than or equal to<br />
+ Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
+ compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True
+ if <em>TestString</em> lexicographically precedes
+ <em>CondPattern</em>, or is equal to <em>CondPattern</em>
+ (the two strings are equal, character for character).</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>&gt;=CondPattern</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Lexicographically greater than or equal to<br />
+ Treats the <em>CondPattern</em> as a plain string and
+ compares it lexicographically to <em>TestString</em>. True
+ if <em>TestString</em> lexicographically follows
+ <em>CondPattern</em>, or is equal to <em>CondPattern</em>
+ (the two strings are equal, character for character).</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
+ The string comparison operator is part of the <em>CondPattern</em>
+ argument and must be included in the quotes if those are used. Eg.
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "=This Robot/1.0"</pre>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ You can perform integer comparisons:
+ <dl>
+
+ <dt><strong>-eq</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>eq</strong>ual to<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the two are numerically equal.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-ge</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>g</strong>reater than or <strong>e</strong>qual to<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the <em>TestString</em> is numerically greater than or equal
+ to the <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-gt</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>g</strong>reater <strong>t</strong>han<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the <em>TestString</em> is numerically greater than
+ the <em>CondPattern</em>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-le</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>l</strong>ess than or <strong>e</strong>qual to<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the <em>TestString</em> is numerically less than or equal
+ to the <em>CondPattern</em>. Avoid confusion with the
+ <strong>-l</strong> by using the <strong>-L</strong> or
+ <strong>-h</strong> variant.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-lt</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>l</strong>ess <strong>t</strong>han<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the <em>TestString</em> is numerically less than
+ the <em>CondPattern</em>. Avoid confusion with the
+ <strong>-l</strong> by using the <strong>-L</strong> or
+ <strong>-h</strong> variant.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-ne</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is numerically <strong>n</strong>ot <strong>e</strong>qual to<br />
+ The <em>TestString</em> is treated as an integer, and is
+ numerically compared to the <em>CondPattern</em>. True if
+ the two are numerically different. This is equivalent to
+ <code>!-eq</code>.</dd>
+
+ </dl>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>You can perform various file attribute tests:
+
+
+ <dl>
+
+ <dt><strong>-d</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is <strong>d</strong>irectory.<br />
+ Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
+ whether or not it exists, and is a directory.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-f</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is regular <strong>f</strong>ile.<br />
+
+ Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
+ whether or not it exists, and is a regular file.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-F</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is existing file, via subrequest.<br />
+ Checks whether or not <em>TestString</em> is a valid file,
+ 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!
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-h</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is symbolic link, bash convention.<br />
+ See <strong>-l</strong>.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-l</strong></dt>
+
+ <dd>Is symbolic <strong>l</strong>ink.<br />
+ Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
+ whether or not it exists, and is a symbolic link. May also
+ use the bash convention of <strong>-L</strong> or
+ <strong>-h</strong> if there's a possibility of confusion
+ such as when using the <strong>-lt</strong> or
+ <strong>-le</strong> tests.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-L</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is symbolic link, bash convention.<br />
+ See <strong>-l</strong>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-s</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Is regular file, with <strong>s</strong>ize.<br />
+ Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
+ whether or not it exists, and is a regular file with size greater
+ than zero.</dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-U</strong></dt>
+ <dd><p>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!</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> </dd>
+
+ <dt><strong>-x</strong></dt>
+ <dd>Has e<strong>x</strong>ecutable permissions.<br />
+ Treats the <em>TestString</em> as a pathname and tests
+ whether or not it exists, and has executable permissions.
+ These permissions are determined according to
+ the underlying OS.</dd>
+
+ </dl>
+
+ For example:
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond /var/www/%{REQUEST_URI} !-f
+RewriteRule ^(.+) /other/archive/$1 [R]</pre>
+
+
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <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>
+ In the below example, <code>-strmatch</code> is used to
+ compare the <code>REFERER</code> against the site hostname,
+ to block unwanted hotlinking.
+ </p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond expr "! %{HTTP_REFERER} -strmatch '*://%{HTTP_HOST}/*'"
+RewriteRule "^/images" "-" [F]</pre>
+
+ </li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p>You can also set special flags for <em>CondPattern</em> by appending
+ <strong><code>[</code><em>flags</em><code>]</code></strong>
+ as the third argument to the <code class="directive">RewriteCond</code>
+ directive, where <em>flags</em> is a comma-separated list of any of the
+ following flags:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>'<strong><code>nocase|NC</code></strong>'
+ (<strong>n</strong>o <strong>c</strong>ase)<br />
+ This makes the test case-insensitive - differences
+ between 'A-Z' and 'a-z' are ignored, both in the
+ expanded <em>TestString</em> and the <em>CondPattern</em>.
+ This flag is effective only for comparisons between
+ <em>TestString</em> and <em>CondPattern</em>. It has no
+ effect on filesystem and subrequest checks.</li>
+
+ <li>
+ '<strong><code>ornext|OR</code></strong>'
+ (<strong>or</strong> next condition)<br />
+ 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]
+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 condition/rule
+ pair three times.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>'<strong><code>novary|NV</code></strong>'
+ (<strong>n</strong>o <strong>v</strong>ary)<br />
+ If a HTTP header is used in the condition, this flag prevents
+ this header from being added to the Vary header of the response. <br />
+ Using this flag might break proper caching of the response if
+ the representation of this response varies on the value of this header.
+ So this flag should be only used if the meaning of the Vary header
+ is well understood.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
+
+ <p>To rewrite the Homepage of a site according to the
+ ``<code>User-Agent:</code>'' header of the request, you can
+ use the following: </p>
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteCond "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT}" "(iPhone|Blackberry|Android)"
+RewriteRule "^/$" "/homepage.mobile.html" [L]
+
+RewriteRule "^/$" "/homepage.std.html" [L]</pre>
+
+
+ <p>Explanation: If you use a browser which identifies itself
+ 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>
+
+ <p>By default, multiple <code class="directive">RewriteCond</code>s
+ are evaluated in sequence with an implied logical <strong>AND</strong>.
+ If a condition fails, in the absence of an
+ <strong><code>OR</code></strong> flag, the entire ruleset is abandoned,
+ and further conditions are not evaluated.
+ </p>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteEngine" id="RewriteEngine">RewriteEngine</a> <a name="rewriteengine" id="rewriteengine">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enables or disables runtime rewriting engine</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RewriteEngine on|off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>RewriteEngine off</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<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>
+</table>
+
+ <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteEngine</code> directive enables or
+ disables the runtime rewriting engine. If it is set to
+ <code>off</code> this module does no runtime processing at
+ all. It does not even update the <code>SCRIPT_URx</code>
+ environment variables.</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
+ <code>RewriteEngine on</code> directive for each virtual host
+ in which you wish to use rewrite rules.</p>
+
+ <p><code class="directive"><a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></code> directives
+ of the type <code>prg</code>
+ are not started during server initialization if they're defined in a
+ context that does not have <code class="directive">RewriteEngine</code> set to
+ <code>on</code></p>
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteMap" id="RewriteMap">RewriteMap</a> <a name="rewritemap" id="rewritemap">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Defines a mapping function for key-lookup</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RewriteMap <em>MapName</em> <em>MapType</em>:<em>MapSource</em>
+ [<em>MapTypeOptions</em>]
+</code></td></tr>
+<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 3rd parameter, MapTypeOptions, in only available from Apache
+2.4.29 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
+ substitution strings by the mapping-functions to
+ insert/substitute fields through a key lookup. The source of
+ this lookup can be of various types.</p>
+
+ <p>The <a id="mapfunc" name="mapfunc"><em>MapName</em></a> is
+ the name of the map and will be used to specify a
+ mapping-function for the substitution strings of a rewriting
+ rule via one of the following constructs:</p>
+
+ <p class="indent">
+ <strong><code>${</code> <em>MapName</em> <code>:</code>
+ <em>LookupKey</em> <code>}</code><br />
+ <code>${</code> <em>MapName</em> <code>:</code>
+ <em>LookupKey</em> <code>|</code> <em>DefaultValue</em>
+ <code>}</code></strong>
+ </p>
+
+ <p>When such a construct occurs, the map <em>MapName</em> is
+ consulted and the key <em>LookupKey</em> is looked-up. If the
+ key is found, the map-function construct is substituted by
+ <em>SubstValue</em>. If the key is not found then it is
+ substituted by <em>DefaultValue</em> or by the empty string
+ if no <em>DefaultValue</em> was specified. Empty values
+ behave as if the key was absent, therefore it is not possible
+ to distinguish between empty-valued keys and absent keys.</p>
+
+ <p>For example, you might define a
+ <code class="directive">RewriteMap</code> as:</p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteMap examplemap "txt:/path/to/file/map.txt"</pre>
+
+
+ <p>You would then be able to use this map in a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code> as follows:</p>
+
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteRule "^/ex/(.*)" "${examplemap:$1}"</pre>
+
+
+ <p>The meaning of the <em>MapTypeOptions</em> argument depends on
+ particular <em>MapType</em>. See the
+ <a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html">Using RewriteMap</a> for
+ more information.</p>
+
+ <p>The following combinations for <em>MapType</em> and
+ <em>MapSource</em> can be used:</p>
+
+ <dl>
+
+ <dt>txt</dt>
+ <dd>A plain text file containing space-separated key-value
+ pairs, one per line. (<a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html#txt">Details ...</a>)</dd>
+
+ <dt>rnd</dt>
+ <dd>Randomly selects an entry from a plain text file (<a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html#rnd">Details ...</a>)</dd>
+
+ <dt>dbm</dt>
+ <dd>Looks up an entry in a dbm file containing name, value
+ pairs. Hash is constructed from a plain text file format using
+ the <code><a href="../programs/httxt2dbm.html">httxt2dbm</a></code>
+ utility. (<a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html#dbm">Details ...</a>)</dd>
+
+ <dt>int</dt>
+ <dd>One of the four available internal functions provided by
+ <code>RewriteMap</code>: toupper, tolower, escape or
+ unescape. (<a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html#int">Details ...</a>)</dd>
+
+ <dt>prg</dt>
+ <dd>Calls an external program or script to process the
+ rewriting. (<a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html#prg">Details ...</a>)</dd>
+
+ <dt>dbd or fastdbd</dt>
+ <dd>A SQL SELECT statement to be performed to look up the
+ rewrite target. (<a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html#dbd">Details ...</a>)</dd>
+ </dl>
+
+ <p>Further details, and numerous examples, may be found in the <a href="../rewrite/rewritemap.html">RewriteMap HowTo</a></p>
+
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteOptions" id="RewriteOptions">RewriteOptions</a> <a name="rewriteoptions" id="rewriteoptions">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets some special options for the rewrite engine</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RewriteOptions <var>Options</var></code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<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>
+</table>
+
+ <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteOptions</code> directive sets some
+ special options for the current per-server or per-directory
+ configuration. The <em>Option</em> string can currently
+ only be one of the following:</p>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>Inherit</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>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
+ <code>.htaccess</code> configuration or
+ <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code>
+ sections are inherited. The inherited rules are virtually copied
+ to the section where this directive is being used. If used in
+ combination with local rules, the inherited rules are copied behind
+ the local rules. The position of this directive - below or above
+ of local rules - has no influence on this behavior. If local
+ rules forced the rewriting to stop, the inherited rules won't
+ be processed.</p>
+
+ <div class="warning">
+ Rules inherited from the parent scope are applied
+ <strong>after</strong> rules specified in the child scope.
+ </div>
+ </dd>
+
+ <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.<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
+ directory on disk but lack a trailing slash, in the expectation that
+ the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a></code> module will issue the client with a redirect to
+ the canonical URL with a trailing slash.</p>
+
+ <p>When the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html#directoryslash">DirectorySlash</a></code> directive
+ 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.<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>
+
+ <dt><code>IgnoreContextInfo</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>When a relative substitution is made
+ in directory (htaccess) context and <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code> has not been set, this module uses some
+ extended URL and filesystem context information to change the
+ relative substitution back into a URL. Modules such as
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code>
+ supply this extended context info. Available in 2.4.16 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
+
+ <dt><code>LegacyPrefixDocRoot</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+
+ <p>Prior to 2.4.26, if a substitution was an absolute URL that matched
+ the current virtual host, the URL might first be reduced to a URL-path
+ and then later reduced to a local path. Since the URL can be reduced
+ to a local path, the path should be prefixed with the document root.
+ This prevents a file such as /tmp/myfile from being accessed when a
+ request is made to http://host/file/myfile with the following
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>.</p>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RewriteRule /file/(.*) http://localhost/tmp/$1</pre>
+
+ <p>This option allows the old behavior to be used where the document
+ root is not prefixed to a local path that was reduced from a
+ URL. Available in 2.4.26 and later.</p>
+ </dd>
+
+ </dl>
+
+</div>
+<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
+<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RewriteRule" id="RewriteRule">RewriteRule</a> <a name="rewriterule" id="rewriterule">Directive</a></h2>
+<table class="directive">
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Defines rules for the rewriting engine</td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RewriteRule
+ <em>Pattern</em> <em>Substitution</em> [<em>flags</em>]</code></td></tr>
+<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
+<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>
+</table>
+ <p>The <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> directive is the real
+ rewriting workhorse. The directive can occur more than once,
+ with each instance defining a single rewrite rule. The
+ order in which these rules are defined is important - this is the order
+ in which they will be applied at run-time.</p>
+
+ <p><a id="patterns" name="patterns"><em>Pattern</em></a> is
+ a perl compatible <a id="regexp" name="regexp">regular
+ expression</a>. What this pattern is compared against varies depending
+ on where the <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> directive is defined. </p>
+
+<div class="note"><h3><a id="what_is_matched" name="what_is_matched">What is matched?</a></h3>
+
+<ul>
+ <li><p>In <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">VirtualHost</a></code> context,
+ The <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the part of the
+ URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").
+ This is the (%-decoded) <a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a>.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>In per-directory context (<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">Directory</a></code> and .htaccess),
+ the <em>Pattern</em> is matched against only a partial path, for example a request
+ of "/app1/index.html" may result in comparison against "app1/index.html"
+ or "index.html" depending on where the <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> is
+ defined.</p>
+
+ <p>The directory path where the rule is defined is stripped from the currently mapped
+ filesystem path before comparison (up to and including a trailing slash).
+ The net result of this per-directory prefix stripping is that rules in
+ this context only match against the portion of the currently mapped filesystem path
+ "below" where the rule is defined.</p>
+
+ <p>Directives such as <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>, or even the
+ result of previous <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code> substitutions, determine
+ the currently mapped filesystem path.
+ </p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li><p>If you wish to match against the hostname, port, or query string, use a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code> with the
+ <code>%{HTTP_HOST}</code>, <code>%{SERVER_PORT}</code>, or
+ <code>%{QUERY_STRING}</code> variables respectively.</p></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+
+<div class="note"><h3>Per-directory Rewrites</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>The rewrite engine may be used in <a href="../howto/htaccess.html">.htaccess</a> files and in <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code> sections, with some additional
+complexity.</li>
+
+<li>To enable the rewrite engine in this context, you need to set
+"<code>RewriteEngine On</code>" <strong>and</strong>
+"<code>Options FollowSymLinks</code>" must be enabled. If your
+administrator has disabled override of <code>FollowSymLinks</code> for
+a user's directory, then you cannot use the rewrite engine. This
+restriction is required for security reasons.</li>
+
+<li>See the <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritebase">RewriteBase</a></code>
+directive for more information regarding what prefix will be added back to
+relative substitutions.</li>
+
+<li> If you wish to match against the full URL-path in a per-directory
+(htaccess) RewriteRule, use the <code>%{REQUEST_URI}</code> variable in
+a <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>.</li>
+
+<li>The removed prefix always ends with a slash, meaning the matching occurs against a string which
+<em>never</em> has a leading slash. Therefore, a <em>Pattern</em> with <code>^/</code> never
+matches in per-directory context.</li>
+
+<li>Although rewrite rules are syntactically permitted in <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files">&lt;Files&gt;</a></code> sections
+(including their regular expression counterparts), this
+should never be necessary and is unsupported. A likely feature
+to break in these contexts is relative substitutions.</li>
+
+<li>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#if">If</a></code> blocks
+follow the rules of the <em>directory</em> context.</li>
+
+<li>By default, mod_rewrite overrides rules when <a href="../sections.html#merging">
+merging sections</a> belonging to the same context. The <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></code> directive can change this behavior,
+for example using the <em>Inherit</em> setting.</li>
+
+<li>The <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></code> also regulates the
+behavior of sections that are stated at the same nesting level of the configuration. In the
+following example, by default only the RewriteRules stated in the second
+<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#if">If</a></code> block
+are considered, since the first ones are overridden. Using <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriteoptions">RewriteOptions</a></code> Inherit forces mod_rewrite to merge the two
+sections and consider both set of statements, rather than only the last one.</li>
+</ul>
+<div class="example"><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;If "true"&gt;
+ # Without RewriteOptions Inherit, this rule is overridden by the next
+ # section and no redirect will happen for URIs containing 'foo'
+ RewriteRule foo http://example.com/foo [R]
+&lt;/If&gt;
+&lt;If "true"&gt;
+ RewriteRule bar http://example.com/bar [R]
+&lt;/If&gt;</pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+ <p>For some hints on <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#regex" title="see glossary">regular
+ expressions</a>, see
+ the <a href="../rewrite/intro.html#regex">mod_rewrite
+ Introduction</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>In <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>, the NOT character
+ ('<code>!</code>') is also available as a possible pattern
+ prefix. This enables you to negate a pattern; to say, for instance:
+ ``<em>if the current URL does <strong>NOT</strong> match this
+ pattern</em>''. This can be used for exceptional cases, where
+ it is easier to match the negative pattern, or as a last
+ default rule.</p>
+
+<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
+When using the NOT character to negate a pattern, you cannot include
+grouped wildcard parts in that pattern. This is because, when the
+pattern does NOT match (ie, the negation matches), there are no
+contents for the groups. Thus, if negated patterns are used, you
+cannot use <code>$N</code> in the substitution string!
+</div>
+
+ <p>The <a id="rhs" name="rhs"><em>Substitution</em></a> of a
+ rewrite rule is the string that replaces the original URL-path that
+ was matched by <em>Pattern</em>. The <em>Substitution</em> may
+ be a:</p>
+
+ <dl>
+
+ <dt>file-system path</dt>
+
+ <dd>Designates the location on the file-system of the resource
+ to be delivered to the client. Substitutions are only
+ treated as a file-system path when the rule is configured in
+ server (virtualhost) context and the first component of the
+ path in the substitution exists in the file-system</dd>
+
+ <dt>URL-path</dt>
+
+ <dd>A <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>-relative path to the
+ resource to be served. Note that <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>
+ tries to guess whether you have specified a file-system path
+ or a URL-path by checking to see if the first segment of the
+ path exists at the root of the file-system. For example, if
+ 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 (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
+ described below.</dd>
+
+ <dt>Absolute URL</dt>
+
+ <dd><p>If an absolute URL is specified,
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> checks to see whether the
+ hostname matches the current host. If it does, the scheme and
+ hostname are stripped out and the resulting path is treated as
+ a URL-path. Otherwise, an external redirect is performed for
+ the given URL. To force an external redirect back to the
+ current host, see the <code>[R]</code> flag below.</p>
+ <p>Note that a redirect (implicit or not) using an absolute URI
+ will include the requested query-string, to prevent this see the
+ <code>[QSD]</code> flag below.</p></dd>
+
+ <dt><code>-</code> (dash)</dt>
+
+ <dd>A dash indicates that no substitution should be performed
+ (the existing path is passed through untouched). This is used
+ when a flag (see below) needs to be applied without changing
+ the path.</dd>
+
+ </dl>
+
+ <p>In addition to plain text, the <em>Substitution</em> string can include</p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>back-references (<code>$N</code>) to the RewriteRule
+ pattern</li>
+
+ <li>back-references (<code>%N</code>) to the last matched
+ RewriteCond pattern</li>
+
+ <li>server-variables as in rule condition test-strings
+ (<code>%{VARNAME}</code>)</li>
+
+ <li><a href="#mapfunc">mapping-function</a> calls
+ (<code>${mapname:key|default}</code>)</li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p>Back-references are identifiers of the form
+ <code>$</code><strong>N</strong>
+ (<strong>N</strong>=0..9), which will be replaced
+ by the contents of the <strong>N</strong>th group of the
+ matched <em>Pattern</em>. The server-variables are the same
+ as for the <em>TestString</em> of a
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritecond">RewriteCond</a></code>
+ directive. The mapping-functions come from the
+ <code class="directive"><a href="#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></code>
+ directive and are explained there.
+ These three types of variables are expanded in the order above.</p>
+
+ <p>Rewrite rules are applied to the results of previous rewrite
+ rules, in the order in which they are defined
+ in the config file. The URL-path or file-system path (see <a href="#what_is_matched">"What is matched?"</a>, above) is <strong>completely
+ replaced</strong> by the <em>Substitution</em> and the
+ rewriting process continues until all rules have been applied,
+ or it is explicitly terminated by an
+ <a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_l"><code><strong>L</strong></code> flag</a>,
+ or other flag which implies immediate termination, such as
+ <code><strong>END</strong></code> or
+ <code><strong>F</strong></code>.</p>
+
+ <div class="note"><h3>Modifying the Query String</h3>
+ <p>By default, the query string is passed through unchanged. You
+ can, however, create URLs in the substitution string containing
+ a query string part. Simply use a question mark inside the
+ substitution string to indicate that the following text should
+ be re-injected into the query string. When you want to erase an
+ existing query string, end the substitution string with just a
+ question mark. To combine new and old query strings, use the
+ <code>[QSA]</code> flag.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <p>Additionally you can set special <a name="rewriteflags" id="rewriteflags">actions</a> to be performed by
+ appending <strong><code>[</code><em>flags</em><code>]</code></strong>
+ as the third argument to the <code class="directive">RewriteRule</code>
+ directive. <em>Flags</em> is a comma-separated list, surround by square
+ 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 class="header"><th>Flag and syntax</th>
+ <th>Function</th>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>B</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 class="odd">
+ <td>BCTLS</td>
+ <td>Like [B], but only escape control characters and spaces.
+ <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_bctls">details ...</a></em></td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <td>BNE</td>
+ <td>Characters of [B] or [BCTLS] which should <strong>not</strong> be escaped.
+ <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_bne">details ...</a></em></td>
+ </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 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>samesite</em>]]]]] <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_co">details ...</a></em>
+ </td>
+ </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 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>
+ </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>
+ <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 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>
+ <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 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>
+ <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 class="odd">
+ <td>noescape|NE</td>
+ <td>Prevent mod_rewrite from applying hexcode escaping of
+ special characters in the result of rewrites that result in
+ redirection. <em>
+ <a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_ne">details ...</a></em></td>
+ </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 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>
+ <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 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>
+ <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 class="odd">
+ <td>qslast|QSL</td>
+ <td>Interpret the last (right-most) question mark as the query string
+ delimiter, instead of the first (left-most) as normally used.
+ Available in 2.4.19 and later.
+ <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_qsl">details
+ ...</a></em></td>
+ </tr>
+<tr>
+ <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 class="odd">
+ <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>
+ <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>
+
+<div class="note"><h3>Home directory expansion</h3>
+<p> When the substitution string begins with a string
+resembling "/~user" (via explicit text or backreferences), <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> performs
+home directory expansion independent of the presence or configuration
+of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code>.</p>
+
+<p> This expansion does not occur when the <em>PT</em>
+flag is used on the <code class="directive"><a href="#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>
+directive.</p>
+</div>
+
+
+ <p>Here are all possible substitution combinations and their
+ meanings:</p>
+
+ <p><strong>Inside per-server configuration
+ (<code>httpd.conf</code>)<br />
+ for request ``<code>GET
+ /somepath/pathinfo</code>'':</strong><br />
+ </p>
+
+<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 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 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 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 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 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 class="odd">
+<td>^/somepath(.*) http://otherhost/otherpath$1 [P]</td>
+<td>http://otherhost/otherpath/pathinfo via internal proxy</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+ <p><strong>Inside per-directory configuration for
+ <code>/somepath</code><br />
+ (<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 class="header">
+<th>Given Rule</th>
+<th>Resulting Substitution</th>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>^localpath(.*) otherpath$1</td>
+<td>/somepath/otherpath/pathinfo</td>
+</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 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 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 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 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 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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