Re: General .htaccess question

On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:53:13PM -0400, Mike Brum wrote: : : I think I know the answer to this, but want some confirmation from someone a : bit more knowledgable about Apache and .htaccess files. Okay. : My webhost has the default 404 page set to 404.html. For the sake of : consistancy on a number of levels, I prefer a PHP file for this (404.php). : So to do this, I created a basic .htaccess file for this very purpose and it : sits in the root dir. Sure. : Now, does this .htaccess file get read for EVERY resource request on my site : - even when the page is found? Yes. : Aside from a META redirect from 404.html to 404.php, is there a less : server-intensive way to set my 404 in Apache when I don't have root access? No.