Remote_host In .htaccess

[alexfung]

An example from Apache URL rewrite guide:

 

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^badhost\.mydomain\.com$

RewriteRule !^http://[^/.]\.****.* - [F]

 

Nevermind what exactly it is doing. At least it can detect the hostname of the requester. I can't get it work. %{REMOTE_HOST} is always null.

 

Similary PHP $_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'] is null.

 

In php I can revert to gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], what do I do in RewriteCond?

 

By the way, can I access the rewrite log to ease debugging?

[TCH-JimE]

Hi,

 

Without knowing exactley the end point your trying to achieve, I am not sure what you want from Remote_Host. The [F] Implies your trying to forbid a user though.

 

Its not possible to access the Rewrite log. Sorry

 

Jim

Edited October 8, 2003 by Jimuni

[alexfung]

The [F] just happen to be in the manual example. I wanted to serve some JS files depending on country, and doesn't what to add .js to the list of php processed extensions.

 

So my intention is:

 

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^.*\.hk$

RewriteRule (.*)\.js hk$1.js [L]

 

I quoted the example from the manual just to make sure I don't complicate the issue by making other mistakes unrelated to my inability to access the %{REMOTE_HOST}