How to Simplify .htaccess Rewriterule

Question

Is it possible to simplfy these RewriteRules? I've hundreds of similar entries in my .htaccess file and it seems not to be the best way to set a 410 Header.

RewriteRule ^pageID_9363511.html - [G]
RewriteRule ^pageID_9363511_2.html - [G]
RewriteRule ^ci_8819019/thumb_11725326.JPG - [G]
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Thank you

Why are you doing this anyway? What's wrong with just letting the server send a 404 as normal? — noodl, Nov 13 '10 at 11:54

Gumbo · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-14T18:31:52.300

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You could use a rewrite map like this:

pageID_9363511.html -
pageID_9363511_2.html -
ci_8819019/thumb_11725326.JPG -

Then you lookup the requested URI path like this:

RewriteCond ${gone:$0} =-
RewriteRule .+ - [G]

The only simplification is that you don’t need the repetitive RewriteRule and [G]. And with a rewrite map of the type dbm you could even have an access time of O(1) instead of O(n).

edited Nov 14 '10 at 18:31

answered Nov 14 '10 at 18:19

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '10 at 18:09

Get rid of all those rewritrules and say:

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

Now just make a 404.html file and it will send all missing files to there. The 410 error message is rarely if ever shown in practice as it refers to a missing server as opposed to a missing file: http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E410.html

How to Simplify .htaccess Rewriterule

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