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Asked: 2026-05-25T14:00:32+00:00

I’m trying to display a differently-formatted page to mobile browsers using mod_rewrite based on

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I’m trying to display a differently-formatted page to mobile browsers using mod_rewrite based on the user-agent.

If I use a rewrite condition based on the user-agent to show different content, should I also set a Vary: user-agent header? If so, how do I configure apache to do that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, you should set the Vary header. HTTP/1.1’s section 14.44 Vary spells it out quite clearly. Fortunately, mod_rewrite’s RewriteCond helpfully states that

    If a HTTP header is used in a condition this header is added to the Vary header of the response in case the condition evaluates to to true for the request. It is not added if the condition evaluates to false for the request. Adding the HTTP header to the Vary header of the response is needed for proper caching.

    So you should verify that your configuration sets the header properly, but it should Just Work.

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