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Robin Manoli
Robin Manoli

Reputation: 2222

apache htaccess authentication based on query string

I'm using vanilla forums which already has these rewrite conditions and rules in .htaccess:

   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php\?p=$1 [QSA,L]

What I would like now is to add some rewrite rules that ask for authentication (Require valid-user) only when I am on the page /vanilla/index.php?p=/categories/general, ie just the query string "p=/categories/general"

Thank you for your help!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 732

Answers (1)

drew010
drew010

Reputation: 69977

It isn't possible to add authentication based on the query string of a URL as far as I can tell.

Using mod_rewrite, you can only rewrite one URL to another, not specify additional configuration rules.

The <Location> tag can be used to match a URL and require auth, but Location cannot match query strings so it won't work in your case.

Is there a reason you need to use .htaccess authentication? Could you build the logic into the PHP script easily?

Upvotes: 1

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