Apache Administrator's Handbook

Chapter 14. Handlers and Filters

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Handlers

• Custom Handlers

• Filters

	“His voice,” thought Will, “I never noticed. It's the same color as his hair.”
	--Something Wicked This Way Comes —Ray Bradbury

Although much of the content on a normal Web site will be static content such as HTML files, image files, and various other media files, some requests will need to be handled differently to generate some portion of the document. This is usually done with a handler. And, in Apache 2.0, it can also be done with a filter. In this chapter, we'll talk about seven standard handlers that are part of modules that come with Apache, and then we'll look at creating a custom handler of your own. Finally, we'll talk about filters, what they are, and how ...