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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:19:33 -0400
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From: Eric Covener <covener@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] rewrite rule tutorial on ask apache I could not
	understand syntax

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> http://http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/crazy-advanced-mod_rewrite-tutor=
ial.html
>
> =A0is a link to a tutorial which mentions following use of ReWriteRule is=
 wrong.
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteBase /
>
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.askapache\.com$ [NC]
> RewriteRule .+ http://www.askapache.com%{REQUEST_URI}
>
> I could not understand what is the mistake in the above rule?
> Can some one point what is the error which the tutorial is trying to tell=
.

Who can guess if that silly page meant either of these subtle issues
with the recipe:

*) ".+" in .htaccess won't match a request for "/", but I doubt that's
the operative part of the exercise.
*) You Should not redirect if HTTP_HOST is empty, for HTTP/1.0
clients, or you might loop.

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Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com

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