On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Josh Trutwin <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 1. if you update a dbm map file do you need to reload anything or > will the apache rewrite module pull in the changes on the fly? If you change the dbm map it is reloaded. No need to restart apache. > 2. I see a script on the doc page to create a dbm map using perl - > know of any php equiv? google's not showing anything. I have nothing > against perl, just looking to keep everything in the same software. dbm is a standard. There might indeed be a php library to produce these. > > 3. The text file format appears to use spaces to separate the map > items. If either of these contains a space assume can URL encode? > E.g. It doesn't have to be. It all depends on what input the script you use to create the dbm map expects. I have a similar situation, where I have a lot of URLs that I need to rewrite. These are mostly URLs hardcoded in to mobile phone firmware that point to content that now lives elsewhere. My solution is a Excel spreadsheet maintained by the people responsible for the content of the server, which I convert to a "tab seperated" text file. This file is converted in to a dbm file with a perl script that expects tabs as record seperator in it's input. It can ofcourse also be something else. My next step is to build a web frontend to the dbm file so that our editors can change the mappings directly. I intend to do this in perl, but I asume building something like that in php will not be a big problem. Krist -- krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx krist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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