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Revision 7 (Sfiera, 2008-11-06 04:01) → Revision 8/10 (Sfiera, 2012-08-11 10:42)

h1. server.error-handler-404 option 

 h2. server.error-handler-404 

 uri to call if the requested URL results in a static file not being found. It is not invoked if dynamic content, such as a fastcgi script, returns an HTTP 404 status code.  

 You can use a dynamic or static page for the handler. If you use a static page, the server will return a 404 HTTP status code with the content of your static page. However, if you use a dynamic page, you must set the status code to 404 (or another appropriate error code such as "410 Gone") in the HTTP headers that your dynamic page generates. 

 Default: not set 

 h3. Example: 

 <pre> 
 server.error-handler-404 = "/error-404.php" 
 </pre> 


 h2. Prior Versions 

 Versions of lighttpd prior to 1.4.17 contained bugs in the implementation of this directive that meant a 404 status code generated from dynamic content was sent to the error handler. This prevented a 404 status code being sent from the error handler itself, which always returned status 200. If you are using an older version, and want to send a 404 status code please use server.errorfile-prefix; however, server.errorfile-prefix does not allow dynamic handlers. 


 h2. See Also 

  * [[Server_errorfile-prefixDetails|server.errorfile-prefix]] [[Server.errorfile-prefixDetails|server.errorfile-prefix]] 
  * "Spice Up Error Page (Blog)":http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2005/08/28/spice-up-for-error-page 
  * "HTTP 1.1 Status Codes":http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html