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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by rb...@apache.org on 2016/02/02 12:11:23 UTC
svn commit: r1728083 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
Author: rbowen
Date: Tue Feb 2 11:11:23 2016
New Revision: 1728083
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1728083&view=rev
Log:
Resolves comment about how regex matches, at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#comments_thread
Modified:
httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml?rev=1728083&r1=1728082&r2=1728083&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml Tue Feb 2 11:11:23 2016
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ AliasMatch "^/myapp" "/opt/myapp-1.2.3"
respectively.</p>
<p>Those that are special to mod_rewrite include those below.</p>
- <note>
<dl>
<dt><code>API_VERSION</code></dt>
@@ -644,7 +643,6 @@ AliasMatch "^/myapp" "/opt/myapp-1.2.3"
(decoded), unlike most other variables below.</dd>
</dl>
-</note>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -1061,6 +1059,13 @@ RewriteRule "^/$" "/hom
<code>%{HTTP_HOST}</code>, <code>%{SERVER_PORT}</code>, or
<code>%{QUERY_STRING}</code> variables respectively.</p>
+ <p>In any case, remember that regular expressions are substring
+ matches. That is, you don't need the regex to describe the entire
+ string, just the part that you wish to match. Thus, using a regex
+ of <code>.</code> is often sufficient rather than <code>.*</code>,
+ and the regex <code>abc</code> is <strong>not</code> the same as
+ <code>^abc$</code>.</p>
+
</note>
<note><title>Per-directory Rewrites</title>