[Cialug] mod_rewrite QSA

[Barry Von Ahsen]

and a gotcha:

it seems to break POSTs - I think it POSTs, then redirects, and loses 
the POST data

-barry


Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
> here's the magic incantation:
> 
> <VirtualHost 10.10.0.42:80>
>         ServerName rewritetest.vonahsen.com
>         DocumentRoot /home/barry/public_html/
>         RewriteEngine on
>         RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*now=.* [NC]
>         RewriteRule ^/(.*) $1?now=%{TIME} [QSA,L,R]
> </VirtualHost>
> 
> 
> -barry
> 
> 
> Dave Weis wrote:
>>
>> I think you need a rewrite condition to not rewrite if it has now= 
>> already there, then you can use QSA.
>>
>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to setup an apache virtual host that will rewrite all 
>>> queries with the time to try to defeat some nasty caching proxies.  
>>> Has anyone used QSA?
>>>
>>> Here's my container:
>>> <VirtualHost *:80>
>>>        ServerName rewritetest.vonahsen.com
>>>        DocumentRoot /home/barry/public_html/
>>>        RewriteEngine on
>>>        RewriteRule ^/(.*) $1?now=%{TIME} [L,R]
>>> </VirtualHost>
>>>
>>>
>>> This works, but doesn't preserve my previous query string - 
>>> rewritetest.vonahsen.com/index.php successfully rewrites to 
>>> index.php?now=20060201165503, and index.php?foo=bar redirects, but 
>>> the foo=bar gets clobbered by the now=
>>>
>>> changing to [QSA,L,R] excedes redirect limit
>>>
>>> anyone know how I can preserve the previous query string?  can I use 
>>> $1?%{QUERY_STRING}&now=%{TIME}
>>>
>>> -barry
>>>
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