Regular Expression Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition

Matching Directives

A number of other Apache directives make use of regular expressions. The following are the most common.

AliasMatch pattern file-path|directory-path

Map URLs to filesystem locations. Use submatch variables $1...$n to access submatches in the resulting file path.

<DirectoryMatch pattern> ... </DirectoryMatch>

Apply enclosed directives when filesystem directory matches pattern.

<FilesMatch pattern> ... </FilesMatch>

Apply enclosed directives when file matches pattern.

<LocationMatch pattern> ... </LocationMatch>

Apply enclosed directives when URL matches pattern.

<ProxyMatch pattern> ... </ProxyMatch>

Apply enclosed directives when URL matches pattern.