https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53080
Bug #: 53080
Summary: Apache mod_rewrite Introduction - RewriteRule Basics:
misleading about what Pattern is matched against
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.5-HEAD
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Documentation
AssignedTo: docs@httpd.apache.org
ReportedBy: chea...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/en/rewrite/intro.html#rewriterule contains:
The Pattern is always a regular expression 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.
This is correct for the first RewriteRule, but not necessarily for the
following rules. As explained in
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/en/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule :
On the first RewriteRule, it is matched against the (%-decoded) URL-path (or
file-path, depending on the context) of the request. Subsequent patterns are
matched against the output of the last matching RewriteRule.
I suggest this formulation instead:
Pattern is a regular expression. It is initially (for the first rewrite rule)
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.
This doesn't specify what happens after the first rewrite rule, so it's
incomplete, but it's just an introduction, so I think it's fine as long as it's
not misleading.
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