On 5/6/05, Eric S. Johansson <esj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm currently using 404 error handling to achieve this but what I'm > looking to do is invoke multiple CGI programs depending on the base URL > and everything after the base URL is passed to the CGI. For example: > > base URL > http://www.demo.org/ > > anything containing the base URL invokes the CGI program > > http://www.demo.org/foo/rat > > would invokes the base URL associated CGI program and pass the relative > URL /foo/rat to the CGI program. Currently I do this with an error > document hack. Works well just that every reference creates a 404 entry > in the log. > > but if I was to associate a different CGI with a different base URL but > in the same hierarchy: > > http://www.demo.org/alternative/ > > and any URL containing that base invokes the alternative CGI as well as > passing the relative URL to CGI program. > > I'm making it work now with <directory> and ErrorDocument handlers but > it does seem like an awful hack. I have tried using index.cgi but > either I'm doing something wrong and it is not being invoked or it isn't > right for this problem. This could be done in various ways, but given the potential complexity, you'll probably want to invest the time to learn mod_rewrite. The basic config you discussed above would look something like: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/alternative(.*) /full/path/to/alternative.cgi$1 [L] RewriteRule ^/(.*) /full/path/to/regular.cgi/$1 A few notes: - You'll probably need to configure those CGIs using AddHandler and Options ExecCGI rather than ScriptAlias. - This will really catch *every* request, including .gif/.jpg/.pdf/etc - You'll surely need to invest time in reading the mod_rewrite docs and investigating the RewriteLog if you want to use this. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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