.htaccess - Cache files from URL like /files/large/6

Question

We have a multisite CMS that handles images and other files like this..

How can we cache images and other files that are in www.(or non-www.)variable-domain.com/files/* with .htaccess?

This is causing a 500 error. I stripped out some.. here is what I have currently that works (minus the Directory and contents part - it throws the error when thats included).

#
#   Force Browser Cache
#
<ifmodule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On

<filesmatch "\.(jpg|gif|png|css|js)$">
    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
</filesmatch>

<FilesMatch ".(flv|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|ico|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000"
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch ".(js|css|pdf|txt)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800"
</FilesMatch>

<Directory "/home/aiwebsystems/public_html/uploads">
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|png|js|css)$">
        ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

</ifmodule>

I would need all subdirectories of this included too...

Thanks for the help!

1. Dude, 10 questions with 8 answers and 0 accepted answers? Really :) ? 2. What matters is not whether or not the app is written in CodeIgniter but that you are running an apache web server :) — abcde123483, Nov 08 '11 at 20:21
My bad man, Ill go back and accept some answers lol - Im somewhat of a noob here.. — Ryan Thompson, Nov 08 '11 at 21:13

abcde123483 · Answer 1 · 2011-11-08T20:35:43.707

Use Apache's mod_expires

e.g in your .htaccess put:

ExpiresActive On

<Directory "/path/to/public_html/files">
    Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    ExpiresDefault A300
    <FilesMatch "\.html$">
        Expires A86400
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|png|js|css)$">
        Expires A2592000
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

A300 meaning that the user cached copy expires 300 seconds after access. (A86400 is a day after access, A2592000 is a month after access)

If you mean server side caching, well then you are in luck as the operating system caches recently using a 'paging' algorithm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '11 at 17:48

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<Directory> is not allowed in htaccess.

Just create a new .htaccess file, with the expires stuff, and put it inside the 'uploads' directory. This will have the same effect you try to achief

answered Nov 10 '11 at 17:48

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '11 at 16:52

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Being as it does not have an extension, none of this worked. I change the code in the end and it works great now, using the file name rather than the image ID as the last URI parameter.

answered Nov 10 '11 at 16:52

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.htaccess - Cache files from URL like /files/large/6

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