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| author | Daniel Gruno <humbedooh@apache.org> | 2012-05-01 11:43:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Gruno <humbedooh@apache.org> | 2012-05-01 11:43:51 +0200 |
| commit | e33f1a0cb69cb46027923a351b6c3301cba72c96 (patch) | |
| tree | 82bc91e515bf641dfbed93064654d3e380dea459 /docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml | |
| parent | Fix whitespace issues and anchor patterns when needed in flags.xml (diff) | |
| download | apache2-e33f1a0cb69cb46027923a351b6c3301cba72c96.tar.xz apache2-e33f1a0cb69cb46027923a351b6c3301cba72c96.zip | |
Try to clarify what is matched in a rewrite rule as per bug #53080.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1332592 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml b/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml index 88a64d2e7d..ea0d4db321 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml +++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml @@ -173,12 +173,15 @@ of three arguments separated by spaces. The arguments are</p> <li><var>[flags]</var>: options affecting the rewritten request.</li> </ol> -<p>The <var>Pattern</var> is always a <a href="#regex">regular -expression</a> matched against the URL-Path of the incoming request -(the part after the hostname but before any question mark indicating -the beginning of a query string) or, in per-directory context, against -the request's path relative to the directory for which the rule is -defined.</p> +<p>The <var>Pattern</var> is a <a href="#regex">regular expression</a>. +It is initially (for the first rewrite rule or until a substitution occurs) +matched against the URL-path of the incoming request (the part after the +hostname but before any question mark indicating the beginning of a query +string) or, in per-directory context, against the request's path relative +to the directory for which the rule is defined. Once a substitution has +occured, the rules that follow are matched against the substituted +value. +</p> <p class="figure"> <img src="../images/syntax_rewriterule.png" |