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| author | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2010-10-29 13:30:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org> | 2010-10-29 13:30:20 +0000 |
| commit | 8ca8c78c41f6aae86138146b5412ef229023d83c (patch) | |
| tree | 0a0dbe19846a28e3d5a9eba9a66b2d052a890bf7 /docs/manual/rewrite | |
| parent | 6455053fcb89bc1b0a60f05a4c18c769d22f78cc (diff) | |
| download | httpd-8ca8c78c41f6aae86138146b5412ef229023d83c.tar.gz | |
Makes the intro paragraph a little less jargon-y, in response to
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49298
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1028730 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml index 1bf257184b..26177e200b 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml +++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/index.xml @@ -27,15 +27,18 @@ <summary> - <p>mod_rewrite uses a rule-based rewriting engine (based on a - regular-expression parser) to rewrite requested URLs on the - fly. It supports an unlimited number of rules and an + <p><module>mod_rewrite</module> provides a way to modify incoming + URL requests, dynamically, based on <a href="intro.html#regex">regular + expression</a> rules. This allows you to map arbitrary URLs onto + your internal URL structure in any way you like.</p> + + <p>It supports an unlimited number of rules and an unlimited number of attached rule conditions for each rule to provide a really flexible and powerful URL manipulation mechanism. The URL manipulations can depend on various tests: server variables, environment variables, HTTP - headers, time stamps external database lookups, and various other - external processes or handlers, can be used to achieve granular URL + headers, time stamps, external database lookups, and various other + external programs or handlers, can be used to achieve granular URL matching.</p> <p>Rewrite rules can operate on the full URLs, including the path-info @@ -46,7 +49,8 @@ type="section" module="core">Directory</directive> blocks). The rewritten result can lead to further rules, internal sub-processing, external request redirection, or proxy - passthrough.</p> + passthrough, depending on what <a href="flags.html">flags</a> you + attach to the rules.</p> <p>Since mod_rewrite is so powerful, it can indeed be rather complex. This document supplements the <a |