The Definitive Guide To Apache Mod Rewrite

5610_FM_final.qxd 1/10/06 4:56 PM Page i The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite Rich Bowen 5610_FM_final.qxd 1/10/06 4:56 PM Page ii The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite Copyright © 2006 by Rich Bowen All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-561-9 ISBN-10: 1-59059-561-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available upon request. Printed and bound in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Lead Editor: Jason Gilmore Technical Reviewer: Mads Toftum Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Dan Appleman, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Tony Davis, Jason Gilmore, Jonathan Hassell, Chris Mills, Dominic Shakeshaft, Jim Sumser Project Manager: Kylie Johnston Copy Edit Manager: Nicole LeClerc Copy Editor: Nicole LeClerc Assistant Production Director: Kari Brooks-Copony Production Editor: Lori Bring Compositor: Linda Weidemann, Wolf Creek Press Proofreader: Linda Seifert Indexer: Carol Burbo Artist: Kinetic Publishing Services, LLC Cover Designer: Kurt Krames Manufacturing Director: Tom Debolski Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 233 Spring Street, 6th F