Redirect on "error 404 page not found"

[rcb845@yahoo.fr]

HI fellow php fans,

I am blocked with a simple problem, at least it seems simple,
but I cannot make it through.
I want to execute a .php script in case of "error 404, page not
found".
I am not yet on a production server but on my local Apache server.

I have defined my personal error file.
I have modified the apache configuration httpd.conf to point to this
file (see below).

QUOTE
#
# Customizable error response (Apache style)
# these come in three flavors
#
# 1) plain text
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo.
# n.b. the single leading (") marks it as text, it does not get
output
#
# 2) local redirects
#
# RCB 10.9.2004
#
ErrorDocument 404 /gfmer_404.php
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#
# to redirect to local URL /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/missing_handler .pl
# N.B.: You can redirect to a script or a document using
server-side-includes.

UNQUOTE

When I try to load a non-existing page, it never comes to my above
defined gfmer_404.php file.
The standard error file-not-found is always displayed.

Do I miss something somewhere ?
Tks very much for your precious help.

RCB845

[Gert]

Re: Redirect on "error 404 page not found"

> I have defined my personal error file.[color=blue]
> I have modified the apache configuration httpd.conf to point to this
> file (see below).[/color]

... and you did think of restarting your server, right?

Gert

[Bert]

Re: Redirect on "error 404 page not found"

On 13 Sep 2004 01:43:36 -0700, rcb845@yahoo.fr (rcb845@yahoo.f r)
wrote:

<using custom error page in apache>[color=blue]
>
>When I try to load a non-existing page, it never comes to my above
>defined gfmer_404.php file.
>The standard error file-not-found is always displayed.[/color]

By "standard error file-not-found" do you mean the page Internet
Explorer shows? In that case try adding some extra code to your custom
page (for example some html-comments with some text in it).
Internet Explorer ignores custom error documents that are less than
512 bytes...
HTH,
B.

[rcb845@yahoo.fr]

Re: Redirect on &quot;error 404 page not found&quot;

"Gert" <gert@mellak.co m> wrote in message news:<ci3qqo$a5 i$1@newsreader1 .utanet.at>...[color=blue][color=green]
> > I have defined my personal error file.
> > I have modified the apache configuration httpd.conf to point to this
> > file (see below).[/color]
>
> .. and you did think of restarting your server, right?
>
> Gert[/color]


Tks for the info, but YES I restarted the server
RCB845

[Alvaro G. Vicario]

Re: Redirect on &quot;error 404 page not found&quot;

*** rcb845@yahoo.fr escribió/wrote (13 Sep 2004 01:43:36 -0700):[color=blue]
> When I try to load a non-existing page, it never comes to my above
> defined gfmer_404.php file.
> The standard error file-not-found is always displayed.[/color]

Check whether there's another ErrorDocument directive overriding yours.
Also, please note Internet Explorer doesn't display short error pages by
default: you have to uncheck "Show descriptive messages on http errors" (or
similar text, I'm translating from Spanish) in Internet Options.


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[rcb845@yahoo.fr]

Re: Redirect on &quot;error 404 page not found&quot;

Tks to all of you for your advices.
I think, the error I made, was that the personal
error file was not in the root directory of easyphp, but
in another directory.

Now I changed, I put it in the root directory with
a redirection to the personal file I want.

Problem is solved, tks very much
RCB845

[Shawn Wilson]

Re: Redirect on &quot;error 404 page not found&quot;



"Alvaro G. Vicario" wrote:[color=blue]
>
> *** rcb845@yahoo.fr escribió/wrote (13 Sep 2004 01:43:36 -0700):[color=green]
> > When I try to load a non-existing page, it never comes to my above
> > defined gfmer_404.php file.
> > The standard error file-not-found is always displayed.[/color]
>
> Check whether there's another ErrorDocument directive overriding yours.
> Also, please note Internet Explorer doesn't display short error pages by
> default: you have to uncheck "Show descriptive messages on http errors" (or
> similar text, I'm translating from Spanish) in Internet Options.[/color]

The easiest way around this is to make sure your page is more than 512 bytes.
IE should display custom error pages bigger than that.

NOTE: The 512 doesn't include images, css or js files. Nor does it include PHP
code, obviously. I put a bunch of "&nbsp;" in my 404s to pad them above that
limit.

Shawn

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