I've fixed the case that I think you're referring to. Please let me know if there are others. Folks tend to throw .* into regular expressions frequently when it's not necessary.
On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:03 AM, hernan gonzalez wrote: > Issue commented here > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5587148/regex-patterns-in-apache-rewritecond-and-friends-full-or-partial-match > > It feels redundant and confusing to me to write (a single example > among many others in the docs) : > > RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla.* > > when the .* is really not need - confusing, because it might lead to > believe that Apache is trying a full match, i.e. matching the full > string. > > It would be neater and cleaner to write instead > > RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla > > Regards > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > H. Gonzalez > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Rich Bowen [email protected] [email protected] PGP Key ID CC78C893 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
