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a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<modulesynopsis metafile="mod_setenvif.xml.meta">
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<name>mod_setenvif</name>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<description>Allows the setting of environment variables based
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bsliveon characteristics of the request</description>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<status>Base</status>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<sourcefile>mod_setenvif.c</sourcefile>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<identifier>setenvif_module</identifier>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<summary>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive <p>The <module>mod_setenvif</module> module allows you to set
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive environment variables according to whether different aspects of
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive the request match regular expressions you specify. These
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive environment variables can be used by other parts of the server
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive to make decisions about actions to be taken.</p>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive <p>The directives are considered in the order they appear in
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive the configuration files. So more complex sequences can be used,
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive such as this example, which sets <code>netscape</code> if the
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive browser is mozilla but not MSIE.</p>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<example>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive BrowserMatch ^Mozilla netscape<br />
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive BrowserMatch MSIE !netscape<br />
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive</example>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive</summary>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<seealso><a href="/env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a></seealso>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<directivesynopsis>
51853aa2ebfdf9903a094467e1d02099f143639daaron<name>BrowserMatch</name>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<description>Sets environment variables conditional on HTTP User-Agent
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive</description>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive<syntax>BrowserMatch <em>regex [!]env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive[[!]<em>env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]] ...</syntax>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<contextlist><context>server config</context>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<context>virtual host</context><context>directory</context>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<override>FileInfo</override>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive<usage>
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive <p>The <directive>BrowserMatch</directive> is a special cases of the
a27e9e05958bc51ea09edb8d8d862fe8b125313bslive <directive module="mod_setenvif">SetEnvIf</directive> directive that
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive sets environment variables conditional on the
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive <code>User-Agent</code> HTTP request header. The following two
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive lines have the same effect:</p>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive<example>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive BrowserMatchNoCase Robot is_a_robot<br />
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent Robot is_a_robot<br />
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive</example>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive <p>Some additional examples:</p>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive<example>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive BrowserMatch ^Mozilla forms jpeg=yes browser=netscape<br />
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive BrowserMatch "^Mozilla/[2-3]" tables agif frames javascript<br />
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive BrowserMatch MSIE !javascript<br />
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive</example>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive</usage>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive</directivesynopsis>
222f0f03c2f9ee6343c18f80f0cb6e9aad21bc58slive
<directivesynopsis>
<name>BrowserMatchNoCase</name>
<description>Sets environment variables conditional on User-Agent without
respect to case</description>
<syntax>BrowserMatchNoCase <em>regex [!]env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]
[[!]<em>env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]] ...</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context><context>directory</context>
<context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
<override>FileInfo</override>
<compatibility>Apache 1.2 and
above (in Apache 1.2 this directive was found in the
now-obsolete mod_browser module)</compatibility>
<usage>
<p>The <directive>BrowserMatchNoCase</directive> directive is
semantically identical to the <directive
module="mod_setenvif">BrowserMatch</directive> directive.
However, it provides for case-insensitive matching. For
example:</p>
<example>
BrowserMatchNoCase mac platform=macintosh<br />
BrowserMatchNoCase win platform=windows<br />
</example>
<p>The <directive>BrowserMatch</directive> and
<directive>BrowserMatchNoCase</directive> directives are special cases of
the <directive module="mod_setenvif">SetEnvIf</directive> and <directive
module="mod_setenvif">SetEnvIfNoCase</directive>
directives. The following two lines have the same effect:</p>
<example>
BrowserMatchNoCase Robot is_a_robot<br />
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent Robot is_a_robot<br />
</example>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>SetEnvIf</name>
<description>Sets environment variables based on attributes of the request
</description>
<syntax>SetEnvIf <em>attribute
regex [!]env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]
[[!]<em>env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]] ...</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context><context>directory</context>
<context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
<override>FileInfo</override>
<usage>
<p>The <directive>SetEnvIf</directive> directive defines
environment variables based on attributes of the request. The
<em>attribute</em> specified in the first argument can be one of three
things:</p>
<ol>
<li>An HTTP request header field (see <a
href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC2616</a>
for more information about these); for example: <code>Host</code>,
<code>User-Agent</code>, <code>Referer</code>, and
<code>Accept-Language</code>. A regular expression may be
used to specify a set of request headers.</li>
<li>One of the following aspects of the request:
<ul>
<li><code>Remote_Host</code> - the hostname (if available) of
the client making the request</li>
<li><code>Remote_Addr</code> - the IP address of the client
making the request</li>
<li><code>Server_Addr</code> - the IP address of the server
on which the request was received (only with versions later
than 2.0.43)</li>
<li><code>Request_Method</code> - the name of the method
being used (<code>GET</code>, <code>POST</code>, <em>et
cetera</em>)</li>
<li><code>Request_Protocol</code> - the name and version of
the protocol with which the request was made (<em>e.g.</em>,
"HTTP/0.9", "HTTP/1.1", <em>etc.</em>)</li>
<li><code>Request_URI</code> - the resource requested on the HTTP
request line -- generally the portion of the URL
following the scheme and host portion without the query string</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The name of an environment variable in the list of those
associated with the request. This allows
<directive>SetEnvIf</directive> directives to test against the result
of prior matches. Only those environment variables defined by earlier
<code>SetEnvIf[NoCase]</code> directives are available for testing in
this manner. 'Earlier' means that they were defined at a broader scope
(such as server-wide) or previously in the current directive's scope.
Environment variables will be considered only if there was no match
among request characteristics and a regular expression was not
used for the <em>attribute</em>.</li>
</ol>
<p>The second argument (<em>regex</em>) is a <a
href="http://www.pcre.org/">Perl compatible regular expression</a>.
This is similar to a POSIX.2 egrep-style regular expression.
If the <em>regex</em> matches against the <em>attribute</em>,
then the remainder of the arguments are evaluated.</p>
<p>The rest of the arguments give the names of variables to set, and
optionally values to which they should be set. These take the form
of</p>
<ol>
<li><code><em>varname</em></code>, or</li>
<li><code>!<em>varname</em></code>, or</li>
<li><code><em>varname</em>=<em>value</em></code></li>
</ol>
<p>In the first form, the value will be set to "1". The second
will remove the given variable if already defined, and the
third will set the variable to the literal value given by
<code><em>value</em></code>. Since version 2.0.51 Apache will
recognize occurrences of <code>$1</code>..<code>$9</code> within
<var>value</var> and replace them by parenthesized subexpressions
of <var>regex</var>.</p>
<example>
<title>Example:</title>
SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.gif$" object_is_image=gif<br />
SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.jpg$" object_is_image=jpg<br />
SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.xbm$" object_is_image=xbm<br />
:<br />
SetEnvIf Referer www\.mydomain\.com intra_site_referral<br />
:<br />
SetEnvIf object_is_image xbm XBIT_PROCESSING=1<br />
:<br />
SetEnvIf ^TS* ^[a-z].* HAVE_TS<br />
</example>
<p>The first three will set the environment variable
<code>object_is_image</code> if the request was for an image
file, and the fourth sets <code>intra_site_referral</code> if
the referring page was somewhere on the
<code>www.mydomain.com</code> Web site.</p>
<p>The last example will set environment variable
<code>HAVE_TS</code> if the request contains any headers that
begin with "TS" whose values begins with any character in the
set [a-z].</p>
</usage>
<seealso><a href="/env.html">Environment Variables in Apache</a>,
for additional examples.
</seealso>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis>
<name>SetEnvIfNoCase</name>
<description>Sets environment variables based on attributes of the request
without respect to case</description>
<syntax>SetEnvIfNoCase <em>attribute regex
[!]env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]
[[!]<em>env-variable</em>[=<em>value</em>]] ...</syntax>
<contextlist><context>server config</context>
<context>virtual host</context><context>directory</context>
<context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
<override>FileInfo</override>
<compatibility>Apache 1.3 and above</compatibility>
<usage>
<p>The <directive>SetEnvIfNoCase</directive> is semantically identical to
the <directive module="mod_setenvif">SetEnvIf</directive> directive,
and differs only in that the regular expression matching is
performed in a case-insensitive manner. For example:</p>
<example>
SetEnvIfNoCase Host Apache\.Org site=apache
</example>
<p>This will cause the <code>site</code> environment variable
to be set to "<code>apache</code>" if the HTTP request header
field <code>Host:</code> was included and contained
<code>Apache.Org</code>, <code>apache.org</code>, or any other
combination.</p>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>
</modulesynopsis>