https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51968
Bug #: 51968
Summary: RewriteRule documentation unclear/misleading about
substitution
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.3-HEAD
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Documentation
AssignedTo: docs@httpd.apache.org
ReportedBy: chea...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
The description of RewriteRule at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/en/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule
contains:
As already mentioned, all rewrite rules are applied to the Substitution (in the
order in which they are defined in the config file). The URL is completely
replaced by the Substitution and the rewriting process continues until all
rules have been applied, or it is explicitly terminated by a L flag.
I do not understand what the first sentence means.
The second sentences assumes rules operate on URL-s. In reality, as the section
explains earlier, it may operate on relative filesystem paths or on URL-paths.
Also, the replacement is not necessarily Substitution. As the section explains
earlier:
When using the rewrite engine in .htaccess files the per-directory prefix
(which always is the same for a specific directory) is automatically removed
for the RewriteRule pattern matching and automatically added after any relative
(not starting with a slash or protocol name) substitution encounters the end of
a rule set. See the RewriteBase directive for more information regarding what
prefix will be added back to relative substutions.
BTW, note typo "substutions".
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