[kwlug disc.] custom 404 message

[John Van Ostrand]

On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 00:11 -0500, Chris Bruner wrote:
> I'm trying to create a custom php error message, and from what I've 
> read, the proper way to do this is create an .htaccess file containing:
> ErrorDocument 404 missing.php
> 
> where missing.php is my custom message.
> 
> When I do this, the page comes back with the text
> missing.php
> 
> This happens whether it's php or html.
> 
> Does anyone know how to get apache to actually send back the page 
> instead of just displaying the name of it?

The ErrorDocument can return simple text which is how your example has
it configured. To have it send back a page put a leading slash in the
file name (relative to DocumentRoot) or use a full URL. E.g.

ErrorDocument 404 /missing.php

   --or--

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.mysite.com/missing.php

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#errordocument

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