Time Dependant Rewriting

Discussion in 'Apache' started by amcfarlane, Dec 18, 2007.

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    Hi folks...

    I've been trying to figure how to use mod_rewrite to force all access of a site to a particular page during certain times.

    What I'm trying to do is ensure that anyone attempting to access any html document during a particular period will *only* see an off-line notice.

    The rules I have are:

    RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR}%{TIME_MIN} >0230
    RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR}%{TIME_MIN} <0330
    RewriteRule ^.*$ /offline.html [F,L]

    Now obviously, this doesn't work as attempting to access offline.html will itself result in a redirection taking place.

    Any suggestions?
     
    amcfarlane, Dec 18, 2007 IP
  2. amcfarlane

    amcfarlane Peon

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    To answer myself:

    RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR}%{TIME_MIN} >0230
    RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR}%{TIME_MIN} <0330
    RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !offline\.html$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.domain.tld/offline.html [R=302,L]

    Works for me
     
    amcfarlane, Dec 18, 2007 IP
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    joebert Well-Known Member

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    You'd definitely want to do this with php or asp or whatever... :confused:
     
    Seiya, Dec 19, 2007 IP
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    joebert Well-Known Member

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    Why on earth would you want to do that ?

    That would be like letting someone into a closed store just so they can read the sign that says it's closed & then forcing them to leave.
     
    joebert, Dec 19, 2007 IP