ProxyPass within LocationMatch not working

Hi!

I am running two apache installations on port 80 (with php4) and 81 (with
php5).

Now I'd like to pass all files ending with .php5 from port-80-apache to
port-81-apache

I used the following configuration, but it didn't work:

<LocationMatch ".*\.php5$">
ProxyPass http://localhost:81/
</LocationMatch>

If I use "Deny from all" the files are locked. So the regular expression is
correct.
If I use <Location /php5> the request is forwarded. So the ProxyPass
expression is correct.

Does anyone know why this isn't working and what can I do to get it running?

thx,
Andreas

"Andreas Hammerschmidt" <Andreas.Hammerschmidt@gmx.net> wrote in message news:<415c87c6$1@e-post.inode.at>...
> Hi!
>
> I am running two apache installations on port 80 (with php4) and 81 (with
> php5).
>
> Now I'd like to pass all files ending with .php5 from port-80-apache to
> port-81-apache
>
> I used the following configuration, but it didn't work:
>
> <LocationMatch ".*\.php5$">
> ProxyPass http://localhost:81/
> </LocationMatch>
>
> If I use "Deny from all" the files are locked. So the regular expression is
> correct.
> If I use <Location /php5> the request is forwarded. So the ProxyPass
> expression is correct.
>
> Does anyone know why this isn't working and what can I do to get it running?

don't know, but let me get the swiss pocket knife:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*\.php5)$ http://localhost:81/$1 [P,L]

Joachim

PS: the docs are specifically talking abut a special case of using
ProxyPass inside a <Location> header - maybe they meant just that...

"Joachim Ring" <jring@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Andreas Hammerschmidt" <Andreas.Hammerschmidt@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:<415c87c6$1@e-post.inode.at>...
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am running two apache installations on port 80 (with php4) and 81 (with
>> php5).
>> [...]
>> Does anyone know why this isn't working and what can I do to get it
>> running?
>
> don't know, but let me get the swiss pocket knife:
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule (.*\.php5)$ http://localhost:81/$1 [P,L]
>
> Joachim
>
> PS: the docs are specifically talking abut a special case of using
> ProxyPass inside a <Location> header - maybe they meant just that...

It's working now. Many thanks to you!

I had to change it a bit to work correctly, because your version generates
"GET //index.php5 HTTP/1.1" instead of "GET /index.php5 HTTP/1.1". So you
have to remove the / before $1.

My finally working version:
RewriteEngine On
ProxyPreserveHost On
RewriteRule (.*\.php5)$ http://localhost:81$1 [P,L]

All .php5 requests are now forwarded to the port-81-apache and the original
Hostname is preserved, so links generated by the PHP script link back to the
port-80-apache.

thx,
Andreas