Hey folks, in the previous blog we shared 10 useful .htaccess snippets you can use for website development. now lets continue the series.
#11 - Show CGI Source Code
RemoveHandler cgi-script .pl .py .cgi AddType text/plain .pl .py .cgi
#12 - Serve all .pdf files on your site using .htaccess and mod_rewrite with the PHP script.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.pdf$ /cgi-bin/pdf.php?file=$1 [L,NC,QSA]
#13 - Rewrite to www
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(robots\.txt|favicon\.ico|sitemap\.xml)$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#14 - Rewrite to www dynamically
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/robots\.txt$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.[a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6} [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6})$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
#15 - 301 Redirect Old File
Redirect 301 /old/file.html https://www.yourdomain.com/new/file/
#16 - 301 Redirect Entire Directory
RedirectMatch 301 /blog(.*) https://www.yourdomain.com/$1
#17 - Protecting your php.cgi
<FilesMatch "^php5?\.(ini|cgi)$"> Order Deny,Allow Deny from All Allow from env=REDIRECT_STATUS </FilesMatch>
#18 - Set Cookie based on Request
This code sends the Set-Cookie header to create a cookie on the client with the value of a matching item in 2nd parentheses.
RewriteRule ^(.*)(de|es|fr|it|ja|ru|en)/$ - [co=lang:$2:.yourdomain.com:7200:/]
#19 - Set Cookie with env variable
Header set Set-Cookie "language=%{lang}e; path=/;" env=lang
#20 - Custom ErrorDocuments
ErrorDocument 100 /100_CONTINUE ErrorDocument 101 /101_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS ErrorDocument 102 /102_PROCESSING ErrorDocument 200 /200_OK ErrorDocument 201 /201_CREATED ErrorDocument 202 /202_ACCEPTED ErrorDocument 203 /203_NON_AUTHORITATIVE ErrorDocument 204 /204_NO_CONTENT ErrorDocument 205 /205_RESET_CONTENT ErrorDocument 206 /206_PARTIAL_CONTENT ErrorDocument 207 /207_MULTI_STATUS ErrorDocument 300 /300_MULTIPLE_CHOICES ErrorDocument 301 /301_MOVED_PERMANENTLY ErrorDocument 302 /302_MOVED_TEMPORARILY ErrorDocument 303 /303_SEE_OTHER ErrorDocument 304 /304_NOT_MODIFIED ErrorDocument 305 /305_USE_PROXY ErrorDocument 307 /307_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT ErrorDocument 400 /400_BAD_REQUEST ErrorDocument 401 /401_UNAUTHORIZED ErrorDocument 402 /402_PAYMENT_REQUIRED ErrorDocument 403 /403_FORBIDDEN ErrorDocument 404 /404_NOT_FOUND ErrorDocument 405 /405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED ErrorDocument 406 /406_NOT_ACCEPTABLE ErrorDocument 407 /407_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED ErrorDocument 408 /408_REQUEST_TIME_OUT ErrorDocument 409 /409_CONFLICT ErrorDocument 410 /410_GONE ErrorDocument 411 /411_LENGTH_REQUIRED ErrorDocument 412 /412_PRECONDITION_FAILED ErrorDocument 413 /413_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE ErrorDocument 414 /414_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE ErrorDocument 415 /415_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE ErrorDocument 416 /416_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE ErrorDocument 417 /417_EXPECTATION_FAILED ErrorDocument 422 /422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY ErrorDocument 423 /423_LOCKED ErrorDocument 424 /424_FAILED_DEPENDENCY ErrorDocument 426 /426_UPGRADE_REQUIRED ErrorDocument 500 /500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR ErrorDocument 501 /501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED ErrorDocument 502 /502_BAD_GATEWAY ErrorDocument 503 /503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE ErrorDocument 504 /504_GATEWAY_TIME_OUT ErrorDocument 505 /505_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED ErrorDocument 506 /506_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES ErrorDocument 507 /507_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE ErrorDocument 510 /510_NOT_EXTENDED
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