I would use a plain rewrite map for this case.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 8:50 PM BohwaZ <p...@bohwaz.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to rewrite the current URL to a MD5 hash
> of the request URL.
>
> What I'm trying to do is serve "/cache/[MD5 hash of URL].html" when a
> request on "/URL" is done. This is for caching dynamic content: if the
> MD5 hash file exists, then serve the static file, if not, the
> next RewriteRule will call the script to generate the cache.
>
> I tried this:
>
> <If "-z %{QUERY_STRING} && %{REQUEST_METHOD} =~ /GET|HEAD/ && -f
> '%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{md5:REQUEST_URI}.html'">
>
> It works, great.
>
> But then I can't figure out how to actually serve this file.
>
> I tried this:
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule .* "/var/www/cache/%{md5:REQUEST_URI}.html"
>
> But it doesn't work, as "RewriteRule" doesn't seem to recognize the md5
> function. I guess it doesn't handle all expressions, and if my guess is
> righ the %{name:...} syntax is related to rewrite maps.
>
> When doing this, Apache is trying to request "/var/www/cache/.html".
>
> Is there another way of doing this?
>
> I thought of setting a variable with SetEnvIfExpr, or with RewriteCond,
> but they're not designed for that and I don't think that's possible.
>
> If anyone has an idea, please help me :)
>
> Thank you.
>
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