Apache config setting - file control 1

[MSRez]

I have a PHP script running on someone else's Apache server which accesses variables in the format of "page.php/var1/var2" (doesn't use mod_rewrite).

On most servers this set up is fine as Apache just interprets that it must display page.php and effectively ignores "/var1/var2" that follows. However, on the server in question, Apache instead treats page.php/var1/var2 as if it is a different file/directory in itself. The problem I have is I don't know what config setting controls this - have looked at FollowSymLinks but didn't seem to be able to resolve it with that.

If you need me to explain things in more detail, please ask. Thanks.

 

[RhythmAce]

If you are using slashes to delimit the vars, then apache will treat them as part of the path. If I'm understanding correctly, the url should look like this:

http://www.domain.com/admin.php?op=BlocksDelete&bid=44

If I'm off the mark, can you be a little more specific?

 

[thedaver]

Wait, I've been using Apache for a while with no particular configuration control and I'm able to do this:

http://www.example.com/myscript.php/var1/var2

Someone in Apache documentation land I read that Apache will "run" the rightmost script it can find in real file space...

Well, I'm pretty sure I do it without configuration. Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Sorry, no caffeine yet.

Sorry this doesn't help, but I'll second that Apache should do this out of the box.

D.E.R. Management - IT Project Management Consulting

http://www.dermanagement.com/

 

[MSRez]

Thanks for your reply. I will try to explain a little bit clearer.

The URL format I am trying to achieve is

http://www.domain.com/page.php/var1/var2/var3.

This works fine on all other servers I've tried since it recognises that page.php is a file and not a directory and the PHP script handles the rest. If it was "page" instead of "page.php" I would expect it to treat it as a directory.

I have an example of it working correctly is here:

http://www.piguromero.com/forum/topic.php/9

On the server that page is running on I have no problems but an Apache setting on the other server must be causing it to not work correctly.

 

[RhythmAce]

I don't think this is an apache issue but rather a php configuration issue. I'm thinking it has something to do along the lines of $HTTP_GET_VARS and $HTTP_POST_VARS. In most cases this is because register_globals is set to off by default. Edit php.ini to set register_globals = on but be advised this is not the prefered way of doing things. You may want to update your code.

 

[MSRez]

This is not an issue related to PHP - I am certain of that.

Take this page on PHP.net:

http://www.php.net/conferences/index.php

You can modify the URL to be as below and it still works just the same:

http://www.php.net/conferences/index.php/var1/var2/var3/var4/

The web server just ignores what comes after the file. It must be an Apache setting but I just can't find out what setting.

 

[MSRez]

After much searching I have finally found the answer. The Apache setting preventing this from working is AcceptPathInfo.

Adding "AcceptPathInfo On" to .htaccess has fixed the problem. I hope this helps others with the same problem.

 

[RhythmAce]

I read up on AcceptPathInfo at apache.org so now I understand your problem a bit better. I was way off in another direction. I don't know when anybody would actually use something like that but it is kind of neat to know. I gave you a star.