Comments on: Odd Apache pitfall: ErrorDocument and POST http://www.brainonfire.net/2007/08/12/apache-pitfall-errordocument-post/ Tim McCormack, distilled. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tim McCormack http://www.brainonfire.net/2007/08/12/apache-pitfall-errordocument-post/#comment-15293 Tim McCormack Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:23:32 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2007/08/12/php-pitfall-errordocument-post/#comment-15293 We've all done that kind of thing. <em>Mostly</em> before we realize, "Hey, I can't be the only person that's wanted this feature before, maybe it's already been implemented the *right* way." And then you discover there's a name for what you wanted to do, and several competing software packages, and a whole website on the relevant best practices. We've all done that kind of thing. Mostly before we realize, "Hey, I can't be the only person that's wanted this feature before, maybe it's already been implemented the *right* way."

And then you discover there's a name for what you wanted to do, and several competing software packages, and a whole website on the relevant best practices.

]]> By: Xaprb http://www.brainonfire.net/2007/08/12/apache-pitfall-errordocument-post/#comment-15291 Xaprb Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:49:32 +0000 http://www.brainonfire.net/2007/08/12/php-pitfall-errordocument-post/#comment-15291 Before I knew about mod_rewrite, I used an 404 trick. What a hack. Every request for a .html file would fail because there was no such file. Then Apache would run the 404 page, which was a PHP file that looked at the environment to see see what file had originally been requested. I discovered the same thing: no POST data. I think it's because the 404 document is actually invoked from a new request Apache creates, after discarding the original one. My next hack was using an AddHandler trick: AddHandler headered .html Action headered /includes/site.php Worked okay, but I still just needed to learn about mod_rewrite! Before I knew about mod_rewrite, I used an 404 trick. What a hack. Every request for a .html file would fail because there was no such file. Then Apache would run the 404 page, which was a PHP file that looked at the environment to see see what file had originally been requested. I discovered the same thing: no POST data. I think it's because the 404 document is actually invoked from a new request Apache creates, after discarding the original one.

My next hack was using an AddHandler trick:

AddHandler headered .html
Action headered /includes/site.php

Worked okay, but I still just needed to learn about mod_rewrite!

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