Commit aa45bcb7 authored by Richard Bowen's avatar Richard Bowen
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Further clarifications of the rewrite process, as per ticket #52000 


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docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.html.en

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      subsequent patterns are applied to the output of the last matched

      RewriteRule.</p>



<div class="note"><h3>What is matched?</h3>

<div class="note"><h3><a id="what_is_matched" name="what_is_matched">What is matched?</a></h3>

      <p>In <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#virtualhost">VirtualHost</a></code> context,

      The <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the part of the

      URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").</p>
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      <p>Rewrite rules are applied to the results of previous rewrite

      rules, in the order in which they are defined

      in the config file. The URL is <strong>completely

      in the config file. The URI or file path (see <a href="#what_is_matched">"What is matched?"</a>, above) is <strong>completely

      replaced</strong> by the <em>Substitution</em> and the

      rewriting process continues until all rules have been applied,

      or it is explicitly terminated by a

      or it is explicitly terminated by an

      <a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_l"><code><strong>L</strong></code> flag</a>,

      or other flag which implies immediate termination, such as

      <code><strong>END</strong></code> or

docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml

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      subsequent patterns are applied to the output of the last matched

      RewriteRule.</p>



<note><title>What is matched?</title>

<note><title><a id="what_is_matched" name="what_is_matched">What is matched?</a></title>

      <p>In <directive module="core">VirtualHost</directive> context,

      The <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the part of the

      URL after the hostname and port, and before the query string (e.g. "/app1/index.html").</p>
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      <p>Rewrite rules are applied to the results of previous rewrite

      rules, in the order in which they are defined

      in the config file. The URL is <strong>completely

      in the config file. The URI or file path (see <a

      href="#what_is_matched">"What is matched?"</a>, above) is <strong>completely

      replaced</strong> by the <em>Substitution</em> and the

      rewriting process continues until all rules have been applied,

      or it is explicitly terminated by a

      or it is explicitly terminated by an

      <a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_l"><code><strong>L</strong></code> flag</a>,

      or other flag which implies immediate termination, such as

      <code><strong>END</strong></code> or