: Redirecting all traffic to a script I am on Centos 6.5 with Apache2 and Perl 5.23. I need to pass all traffic to the single perl script, check this request in a database, and show needed

@Ogunnowo487

What you are referring to is a "front controller". The usual first step is to make sure that the resource being requested is not a physical file on the filesystem before rewriting to your front controller (ie. your Perl script).

For example, using mod_rewrite in your root .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ perl-script.pl [L]


This internally rewrites all requests to perl-script.pl (in the document root) providing the requested resource does not map to a physical file or a directory (the two RewriteCond directives are AND'd by default).


I am on Apache/2.2.15


However, if you were on Apache 2.2.16+ (so close!) then it's even easier. There is a mod_dir directive specifically for this:

FallbackResource /perl-script.pl


Reference: httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html#fallbackresource

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