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authorRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2010-10-29 15:31:08 +0200
committerRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2010-10-29 15:31:08 +0200
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diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en
index 6678276052..ac868750b2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.html.en
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@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@
</div>
- <p>mod_rewrite uses a rule-based rewriting engine (based on a
- regular-expression parser) to rewrite requested URLs on the
- fly. It supports an unlimited number of rules and an
+ <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> provides a way to modify incoming
+ URL requests, dynamically, based on <a href="intro.html#regex">regular
+ expression</a> rules. This allows you to map arbitrary URLs onto
+ your internal URL structure in any way you like.</p>
+
+ <p>It supports an unlimited number of rules and an
unlimited number of attached rule conditions for each rule to
provide a really flexible and powerful URL manipulation
mechanism. The URL manipulations can depend on various tests:
server variables, environment variables, HTTP
- headers, time stamps external database lookups, and various other
- external processes or handlers, can be used to achieve granular URL
+ headers, time stamps, external database lookups, and various other
+ external programs or handlers, can be used to achieve granular URL
matching.</p>
<p>Rewrite rules can operate on the full URLs, including the path-info
@@ -41,7 +44,8 @@
per-directory context (<code>.htaccess</code> files and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code> blocks). The
rewritten result can lead to further rules, internal
sub-processing, external request redirection, or proxy
- passthrough.</p>
+ passthrough, depending on what <a href="flags.html">flags</a> you
+ attach to the rules.</p>
<p>Since mod_rewrite is so powerful, it can indeed be rather
complex. This document supplements the <a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">reference documentation</a>, and
diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr
index 93b46be4b3..e529564ea6 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml.tr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE manualpage SYSTEM "../style/manualpage.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.tr.xsl"?>
-<!-- English Revision: 636374:945974 (outdated) -->
+<!-- English Revision: 636374:1028730 (outdated) -->
<!-- =====================================================
Translated by: Nilgün Belma Bugüner <nilgun belgeler.org>
Reviewed by: Orhan Berent <berent belgeler.org>