StackOverflow:

• Example of mod_dir conflict, exposing rewritten file-path. Use of env var to avoid repetition.
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70990152/url-masking-not-working-for-external-links

• Redirecting URLs containing one of 50 US state names to the corresponding URL with the state "code" (not in the original URL). Solution uses just a single rule and series of conditions to act as the lookup table for state codes.
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55504017/how-to-301-a-url-without-a-query-string-to-a-different-url-with-a-query-string / my answer

• Looking up an "ID" from a RewriteMap which is used in two places in the source and target URLs.
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75422738/some-advise-needed-on-a-rewrite-rule

• Biggest misunderstandings of CSS [DELETED 2010!]
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4038051/the-biggest-misunderstanding-of-how-css-works/4038117#4038117

• Reordering/canonicalising URL parameters using .htaccess
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63961200/how-to-reorder-url-parameters-query-string-using-apache-htaccess

• Includes an explanation of when REQUEST_FILENAME (Apache server variable) is calculated
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69903257/apache-rewritecond-request-filename-f-failing-when-file-exists

DELETED:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20090207/remove-cpanel-login-pages-from-the-google-index (would have been on-topic on Webmasters SE) - Question answered 16-May-2014, closed and deleted on 24-May-2023 (9 years later)

ServerFault:

• Potential security vulnerability using "vulnerable" mod_rewrite directives in the server config. [Why CLOSED?] https://serverfault.com/questions/1091045/how-to-prevent-apache-rewriterule-from-accessing-root-path

• Negated blocking rule being applied due to a front-controller pattern later in the .htaccess file. A relatively common trap. I give 3 solutions. https://serverfault.com/questions/1140684/rewrite-apache-condition-not-preventing-rewrite-from-getting-applied

• Search and replace all occurrences of - (hyphen) in a specific URL parameter with + (encoded space) using just a single redirect in .htaccess. (Although this should arguably be resolved in the application, not Apache/.htaccess.
  https://serverfault.com/questions/1140610/htaccess-redirects-with-special-characters-on-an-specific-url-not-working

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