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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Jobarr <jo...@herzeleid.com> on 2001/12/11 03:01:32 UTC
Apache 2 directory/files
With apache 1.3.x I used the PHP module and a little trick to pass variables to a PHP script without a "?".
I have a script with no extension in the root directory called "en". I use the .htaccess file to tell Apache that this is a PHP file. All pages on my site go through this script. The URI of "/en/about" runs the "en" script and then it looks at "about" and displays the correct file. All other pages are similar.
For some reason, with apache 2 (at least 2.0.30-dev) it gives me a 404 page. This must be a problem with Apache because any file with a "/" after it gives a 404 error instead of displaying that file. "/index.html/text" would display "index.html" with 1.3.22, but it just gives a 404 in Apache 2.
Is this a "feature" or bug of Apache 2? Can it be changed?
-Jobarr
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Re: Apache 2 directory/files
Posted by Jobarr <jo...@herzeleid.com>.
> Most likely, you have all your html files processed by mod_include.
> > Plain static text processed by the default handler will not allow that.
Ahh! You are right! I forgot about that :D
Either way, mod_include just would need to be changed to act as I said, keep cutting off parts until it gets a real file or folder.
-Jobarr
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Re: Apache 2 directory/files
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jobarr wrote:
> > Hmmm. This could be a result of the fact that PHP is now a filter rather
> > than a handler.
>
> But like I said, it worked with HTML files with 1.3.22, at least on my
> computer (I might have changed something in the config that let it
> work, not sure).
Most likely, you have all your html files processed by mod_include.
Plain static text processed by the default handler will not allow that.
Joshua.
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Re: Apache 2 directory/files
Posted by Jobarr <jo...@herzeleid.com>.
> Hmmm. This could be a result of the fact that PHP is now a filter rather
> than a handler.
But like I said, it worked with HTML files with 1.3.22, at least on my computer (I might have changed something in the config that let it work, not sure). I don't mean that I was trying to pass variables to the HTML files, but if you typed in www.example.com/index.html/foo/bar it would still show "index.html" if foo and bar didn't exist. Something like...it would keep cutting off parts of the URI until it found a folder or file that existed. Now with Apache2, it just gives up if it doesn't find the last part.
I imagine if this was fixed/changed, then "/en/foo/bar" would eventually get back to my "en" script and then it would just look at $REQUEST_URI (which would have "/en/foo/bar" in it), like I currently do, and everything would work.
thanks
-Jobarr
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Re: Apache 2 directory/files
Posted by Mark Constable <ma...@renta.net>.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:34, Joshua Slive wrote:
> ...
> If you want, however, I can suggest some work-arounds using AliasMatch or
> or mod_rewrite to turn the PATH_INFO into QUERY_STRING. Something like:
>
> RewriteRule ^/en(.*) /path/to/real/script?$1
>
> Of course, you'll need to change your scripts to look in QUERY_STRING
> instead of PATH_INFO, which could be a real pain.
And that blows away one of the main reasons for doing
this... search_engine_friendly URLs. I've found the
simplest a least stuffupable solution is to simply
use folders... ie; if en/ is a folder with an index.*
file then it simply works as expected in all cases
without any kludges.
Any response on this issue of PHP being classed as
a filter versus a handler in apache2 would be most
appreciated.
--markc
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Re: Apache 2 directory/files
Posted by Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>.
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jobarr wrote:
>
> For some reason, with apache 2 (at least 2.0.30-dev) it gives me a 404
> page. This must be a problem with Apache because any file with a "/"
> after it gives a 404 error instead of displaying that file.
> "/index.html/text" would display "index.html" with 1.3.22, but it just
> gives a 404 in Apache 2.
>
> Is this a "feature" or bug of Apache 2? Can it be changed?
Hmmm. This could be a result of the fact that PHP is now a filter rather
than a handler. PATH_INFO (the stuff beyond the real filename) is allowed
only for dynamic-content handlers. In other words, you can't tag stuff
onto a plain html file. Now that PHP is a filter, the file it is
processing may no longer be considered dynamic, so it may not get the
PATH_INFO. I'll forward this over to the development list to see if they
have any ideas.
If you want, however, I can suggest some work-arounds using AliasMatch or
or mod_rewrite to turn the PATH_INFO into QUERY_STRING. Something like:
RewriteRule ^/en(.*) /path/to/real/script?$1
Of course, you'll need to change your scripts to look in QUERY_STRING
instead of PATH_INFO, which could be a real pain.
Joshua.
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