Apache, Accessing files as a directory, Bug?

Question

I found a problem with my Apache webserver:

Suppose I ONLY HAVE ONE file on my website (index.php):

example.com/index.php

When I access the URL using this way:

example.com/index.php/abc or example.com/index.php/123

Apache will display the content of: example.com/index.php

It has created a lot of problem to my web application. How can I make this as a 404 error?

Notice that my Apache is standard/default. I didn't do any modification to my Apache settings. OS is Fedora Linux.

Thanks.

That sounds like you may have forgotten to configure something and are encountering intended behavior, but a bug. Not familiar enough with Apache to know what though. — Jeff Welling, Apr 05 '12 at 18:14
Thanks. Do you know which Apache settings I should look into? — Derrick C., Apr 05 '12 at 21:29
Can you clarify what behavior you're expecting? What should Apache serve, if not index.php? — Shane Madden, Apr 06 '12 at 02:35

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '12 at 18:24

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this is the correct behavior indeed, as whatever comes after your page will be in PATH_INFO cgi variable used by server side scripting often.

answered Apr 05 '12 at 18:24

johnshen64

Thanks. I notice that I can get the "real file path" from $_SERVER variables in PHP. However, it will be a lot of works to redirect all these "bad requests" to good requests using PHP. That's why I like to solve the problem on the Apache side, rather than PHP side. – Derrick C. Apr 05 '12 at 21:27

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