hmm... FilesMatch - why does one regex work and not another?
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:48 pm
I've got a directory that looks like this: /mm5/
within this directory, I've got the following .htaccess file:
which does not match if you put in a url like /mm5/graphics/en-US/admin/extra.gif, but if I change my rule to...
It miraculously works. Any insight?
EDIT: just to make things that much more annoying and difficult, if I now change from using the IP address to using the domain name, it miraculously doesn't work again. Unless I just allow from all... then it works fine. I hate configuration.
within this directory, I've got the following .htaccess file:
Code: Select all
deny from all
<FilesMatch "^(merchant\.mvc|admin\.mvc|index\.htm|index\.html|graphics\/.*)$">
allow from all
</FilesMatch>Code: Select all
deny from all
<FilesMatch "^(merchant\.mvc|admin\.mvc|index\.htm|index\.html|graphics\/)$">
allow from all
</FilesMatch>EDIT: just to make things that much more annoying and difficult, if I now change from using the IP address to using the domain name, it miraculously doesn't work again. Unless I just allow from all... then it works fine. I hate configuration.