On Thursday 12 January 2006 21:28, David Salisbury wrote: > Just wondering ( I don't see it in the docs ) if one can define "variables" > in the Apache conf. files. > > i.e. I have seen people write something along the lines of > > %{HTTP_REFERER} > > in their conf file. > > So.. is there any support for a sort of variable substitution within the > conf file.. e.g. > > %DIR=/usr/local/ > > and then > > ServerRoot %{DIR} > > I'm doubting it but this would be nice.
The answer is "no, but". There's no general support for that. But certain modules, such as mod_rewrite, support variables in some of their httpd.conf directives. You might want to look at the (third-party) mod_macro. -- Nick Kew --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]