Hi, I'm trying to set an environment variable in httpd.conf and then have it available to the URL-portion of a RewriteRule in a .htaccess file. Please could someone assist:
In httpd.conf I have this line setting the environment variable: SetEnv MODPERLPORT 81 and in .htaccess I want to do something like this: RewriteEngine On RewriteRule foo\.cgi http://myserver:%{ENV:MODPERLPORT}%{REQUEST_URI} [P,L] to have Apache proxy the request through to another Apache process running on a different port, but it doesn't seem like any environment variables are available in the URL portion of the rule. I've also tried to do things like this: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{ENV:MODPERLPORT} ([0-9]+) RewriteRule foo\.cgi http://myserver:%1%{REQUEST_URI} [P,L] but the condition fails, even though the environment variable is set if I look at a simple dump of the environment e.g. env.cgi through a browser. So far the only hacky way I can get this to work is to set a built-in variable to the value I need, e.g.: httpd.conf: ServerAdmin 81 .htaccess RewriteEngine On RewriteRule foo\.cgi http://myserver:%{SERVER_ADMIN}%{REQUEST_URI} [P,L] but that's clearly a very poor solution for many reasons, not least that I need the modperlport to vary for different environments without the .htaccess file having to change for each environment. Can anyone advise if there's a better/correct way to set customised environment variables and then de-reference them within the URL portion of a rewrite rule? Thanks. Jeremy
