Mmm, I have tried this but the substitution seems to return a blank .. Could you give an example ? >%{ENV:foo} Mmm, I tried this, didn't make any difference ... Gareth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Covener" <covener@xxxxxxxxx> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 13 August, 2008 2:26:22 AM GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: Using variables with CO= in mod_rewrite ... On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Gareth Bult <gareth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to be able to use a variable in a cookie setting for example; > > <VirtualHost *:80> > ServerName myserver > RewriteEngine On > SetEnv MYPATH "Hello_World" > RewriteRule . - [CO=COOKIEID:%{MYPATH}:.domain.com:120] > ProxyPass / http://myrealserver:8080/ > </VirtualHost> > > But for some reason environment variables don't seem to work. > > Essentially I'd like to insert the domain name component of the request into > a cookie .. does anyone know how this can be done ? You can capture whatever you want to use in a preceeding RewriteCond and access it via %n. Have you tried the %{ENV:foo} syntax? -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -- Managing Director, Encryptec Limited Tel: 0845 5082719, Mob: 0785 3305393 Email: gareth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Statements made are at all times subject to Encryptec's Terms and Conditions of Business, which are available upon request. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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