Comments on: .htaccess Examples: Cookies, Variables, Custom Headers

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:48:23 +0000

Could you provide me an example of deleting or removing a cookie if the user requests a specific page?

For example, if the user navigates to /user/logout... do you just set the expiration date/time to 0000?

By: Bill Wood

Bill Wood — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:03:19 +0000

Can you do a short tutorial on manipulating cookie values?

I have your Wordpress 404 plugin, other than some tweaks I've made it is really great. I have learned a TON from your site about settings in the .htaccess file and have mine massively customized for performance. Between that and caching I'm generally getting pretty good performance considering the amount of content and plugins I serve.

One thing that has plagued me for a long time is cookie size...

I am STUCK with my single domain that sets cookies for everything. What I am looking for is some key info on how to set the cookie size to its smallest possible size for all images, .js files, etc.

Can you do a short tutorial on manipulating cookie values? That would help a LOT!

By: AskApache

AskApache — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:14:40 +0000

@Matatat This is one I myself use, pay attention to the beginning and ending wildcards in the rewritecond for HTTP_COOKIE.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9} /(.*) HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*cookiename=thecookievaluegoeshere.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule . https://www.askapache.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=%1 [R=302,L]

By: Matatat

Matatat — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:50:19 +0000

Good article here - I have a tricky one that I cannot find the answer to so posting here to see if anyone can help.

I need to create a rewrite condition to detect if a cookie is there. If the cookie is there and the value is not XX then the rewrute rule should apply.

I have got the existance check for the cookie which works but when I add the conditional check for if it is there and value is XX the condition fails :(

Any ideas - the first one works but with the introduction of the second both fail? The scenario will be that some users may have the cookie and some may not. For those that have if the value is set to XX i want to rewrite.

My rule is as below:

#    if CO mycookie exists and the value != 'XX' then do not redirect
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*mycookie.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} mycookie=XX [NC]

By: Paul O-H

Paul O-H — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:39:02 +0000

httpd-2.0.53
Running on port 8040
When connected, how do I prevent the port number from displaying in the URL?
e.g.
Link is http://site:8040
Want URL to display http://site

By: Ezra

Ezra — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:47:32 +0000

Thank you so much! I been searching for ages to figure out how to rewrite based on the value of a cookie.

By: jorge

jorge — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:36 +0000

In the example: Redirect If Cookie Not Set, I think you need space, like:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*cookie-name.*$ [NC]

By: Jairo Gelvez

Jairo Gelvez — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:59:35 +0000

Excelentes ejemplos, me ha quedado muy claro el manejo de las cookies.

Excellent examples, I have been very clear about the handling of cookies.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:16:02 +0000

Is it possible to set the environment to the value of the URI in the current url?
In other words save the URI until the next visitor arrives.
Using htaccess...

By: David

David — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:23:52 +0000

I was looking for .htaccess examples like these... thank you!