On Thu, January 26, 2006 9:32 am, James Benson wrote: >>> PHP is running as a CGI on the shared hosting servers, which is >>> why your .htaccess isn't working for it. >>> >>> You will have to create the error rule within a php.ini file. >> > > > That is so much bull, how then can it work for NON .php files? > > I know for a fact that CGI does not prevent you using .htaccess or the > ErrorDocument directive in apache because Im using one myself right > now > in CGI mode and it works just fine, does your webhost use a custom > error > page that advertises its own services or provides a link to their > website by any chance? Perhaps his host has somehow managed to force PHP CGI to kick in *BEFORE* the ErrorDocument of Apache... Now, I got no idea how they would manage to do that, but it seems like a reasonable assumption... WILD GUESS: If they do PHP CGI with EngineRewrite, and if that takes effect before the ErrorDocument handler, as I suspect it would, then it would explain this behaviour, and their response, without the sinister implications James suggests. They may even be laboring under the impression that that's the only way to make PHP CGI work. More likely, they think it's the best way to make it work for them and their customers. I'm not aware of any kind of 404 settings avaiable in php.ini, but perhaps they just assumed it could be done in php.ini to handle non-existent files in some way. >From the phpinfo URL provided by the OP, it looks like they are giving him PHP CGI with his own php.ini file to tinker with, which could be quite handy, compared to some shard hosting environments I've suffered through... What's that old saying? Never assign to malice what can be explained by sheer stupidity. Something like that. I've come to realize, as I get older, that what we often perceive as some sort of diabolical plot to foil us, is just some other poor guy doing the best they can with what they've got, and our failure to appreciate what it is they are offering/doing and why. Jeez, now I feel like I gotta go watch Karate Kid or something... -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
