Re: rewrite url in modperl

On Monday 01 February 2010 15:03:53 [email protected] wrote:
> 2010/2/1 Torsten Förtsch <[email protected]>:
> > If you don't want the browser to see the actual location of the mp4 file
> > then you need $r->internal_redirect:
> >
> > use Apache2::SubRequest ();
> > ...
> >    if ( is_valid_ip($ip) ){
> >        $r->internal_redirect('/path/12345.mp4');
> >        return Apache2::Const::OK;
> 
> Thank you Torsten, that's really what I expected.
> 
Keep in mind that /path/12345.mp4 is still a valid URI and hence can be 
requested by the browser. But you can check if the request is the result of an 
internal redirect by checking $r->prev and deny it unless set.

Torsten