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Asked: 2026-05-22T16:00:44+00:00

I am very new to Apache and .htaccess, and I had a simple question

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I am very new to Apache and .htaccess, and I had a simple question regarding how to handle 403 and 404 errors with Apache’s ErrorDocument command.

Let’s look at this code from an early CMS I wrote:

ErrorDocument 404 /admin/includes/access_deny.php?error=404

This will silently redirect the user to http://www.mysite.com/admin/includes/access_deny.php?error=404 when they get a 404 error.

Here is my problem, this error document will always be in the same place, with regards to the .htaccess file. However, if I need to move my installation, say to the directory subfolder, I will need to open the .htaccess file an update the to following, for it to work correctly:

ErrorDocument 404 /subfolder/admin/includes/access_deny.php?error=404

Is there a way I can have .htaccess redirect to this page admin/includes/access_deny.php?error=404 in regards to the file itself, not an absolute URL? Also, no matter where I would move the installation in the future, Apache will catch all 404 errors that are on the same level or sub-directories to this file.

Please let me know if that is not clear.

Thank you for your time.

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  1. Editorial Team

    From the manual:

    URLs can begin with a slash (/) for local web-paths (relative to the DocumentRoot), or be a full URL which the client can resolve. Alternatively, a message can be provided to be displayed by the browser.

    This thread may help you fix it though.

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