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a string. Functions names are not case sensitive.
Modules may register additional functions.</p>
- <table class="bordered"><tr class="header"><th>Name</th><th>Description</th><th>Restricted</th></tr>
+ <table class="bordered"><tr class="header"><th>Name</th><th>Description</th><th>Special notes</th></tr>
<tr><td><code>req</code>, <code>http</code></td>
<td>Get HTTP request header; header names may be added to the Vary
header, see below</td><td /></tr>
<td>Get HTTP response header</td><td /></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>reqenv</code></td>
<td>Lookup request environment variable (as a shortcut,
- <code>v</code> can be used too to access
- variables).</td><td /></tr>
+ <code>v</code> can also be used to access variables).</td>
+ <td>ordering</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>osenv</code></td>
<td>Lookup operating system environment variable</td><td /></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>note</code></td>
- <td>Lookup request note</td><td /></tr>
+ <td>Lookup request note</td><td>ordering</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>env</code></td>
<td>Return first match of <code>note</code>, <code>reqenv</code>,
- <code>osenv</code></td><td /></tr>
+ <code>osenv</code></td><td>ordering</td></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>tolower</code></td>
<td>Convert string to lower case</td><td /></tr>
<tr><td><code>toupper</code></td>
encoding</td><td /></tr>
<tr class="odd"><td><code>file</code></td>
<td>Read contents from a file (including line endings, when present)
- </td><td>yes</td></tr>
-<tr><td><code>filesize</code></td>
+ </td><td>restricted</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>filemod</code></td>
+ <td>Return last modification time of a file (or 0 if file does not exist
+ or is not regular file)</td><td>restricted</td></tr>
+<tr class="odd"><td><code>filesize</code></td>
<td>Return size of a file (or 0 if file does not exist or is not
- regular file)</td><td>yes</td></tr>
+ regular file)</td><td>restricted</td></tr>
</table>
- <p>The functions marked as "restricted" are not available in some modules
- like <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code>.</p>
+ <p>The functions marked as "restricted" in the final column are not
+ available in some modules like <code class="module"><a href="./mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code>.</p>
+
+ <p>The functions marked as "ordering" in the final column require some
+ consideration for the ordering of different components of the server,
+ especially when the function is used within the
+ <<code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">If</a></code>> directive which is
+ evaluated relatively early.</p>
+ <div class="note">
+ <h3>Environment variable ordering</h3>
+ When environment variables are looked up within an
+ <<code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">If</a></code>> condition, it's important
+ to consider how extremely early in request processing that this
+ resolution occurs. As a guideline, any directive defined outside of virtual host
+ context (directory, location, htaccess) is not likely to have yet had a
+ chance to execute. <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvif">SetEnvIf</a></code>
+ in virtual host scope is one directive that runs prior to this resolution
+ <br />
+ <br />
+ When <code>reqenv</code> is used outside of <<code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#if">If</a></code>>, the resolution will generally occur later, but the
+ exact timing depends on the directive the expression has been used within.
+ </div>
<p>When the functions <code>req</code> or <code>http</code> are used,
the header name will automatically be added to the Vary header of the
is available for versions 2.4.4 and later.</p>
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