[users@httpd] RewriteRule with E= option

["Porter, Mark" <Ma...@LibertyMutual.com>]

I'm trying to use the following rewrite rule to pass an environment
variable into a cgi:

RewriteRule / http://myserver.domain.com/cgi-bin/printenv
[R,E=ENVAR:foo]

I expect to see an environment variable in the printenv output called
ENVAR, with a value of foo, but it's not showing up. Can anyone tell me
what I missed?

Thanks!




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Re: [users@httpd] RewriteRule with E= option

[Joshua Slive <jo...@slive.ca>]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Porter, Mark wrote:

> I'm trying to use the following rewrite rule to pass an environment
> variable into a cgi:
>
> RewriteRule / http://myserver.domain.com/cgi-bin/printenv
> [R,E=ENVAR:foo]
>
> I expect to see an environment variable in the printenv output called
> ENVAR, with a value of foo, but it's not showing up. Can anyone tell me
> what I missed?

You are using "R" for "Redirect".  Environment variables cannot be passed
through external redirects.  If you used
RewriteRule / /cgi-bin/printenv [E=ENVAR:foo]
you might have better luck.

Joshua.

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