on 7/12/01 12:38 PM, scott [gts] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have custom 404 error handling setup on my linux apache > box, however, there's a problem with files that have a PHP > extension. it seems that apache itself does not check for the > existence of the requested .php file and fires up PHP no matter > what. if PHP does not find the requested file, it'll bail out > with that dorky looking "Internal Server Error" *NOT* the > custom error handler that apache uses for non-php files.... > > example: "notexists.html" and "notexists.php" both do not exist > > http://server.com/notexists.html > will show me the custom 404 page > > http://server.com/notexists.php > will show me the "Internal Server Error", becuase apache fired > up PHP and passed in "notexists.php" without checking for the > existence of "notexists.php" first. > That would be the correct response from apache. Add this to your httpd.conf ErrorDocument 500 /path/to/my_error_page.html That should get you the result you want. DAve P.S. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/custom-error.html.html > A possible solution that comes to mind is to auto_prepend > a script that will check for the existance of the file > that PHP is attempting to execute, and die gracefully if > it does not exist on the server.... but that would be a bad > kludge hack (if it even works at all) > > anyone have a more elegant solution? -- Dave Goodrich Director of Interface Development Reality Based Learning Company 9521 NE Willows Road, Suite 100 Redmond, WA 98052 Toll Free 1-877-869-6603 ext. 237 Fax (425) 558-5655 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rblc.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
