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[EverSpeed]

I have been fiddling with an .htaccess file trying to get it to show a default "Image Not Available" image in place of a 404 error. I have found code in other forums that has worked for others, but does nothing for me:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI}!-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.*).(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$ 
RewriteRule ^(.*) noimage.gif

and this one which several people said worked for them

RewriteCond %{ENV:ERROR404} \.(jpg|gif|png)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ noimage.gif [L]

Anyone had experience with this? The webserver is Apache on CentOS 5.

Thanks,
Aaron

[david510]

To redirect the 404 not found error to a image located in your web directory, use the following rule inside the .htaccess

ErrorDocument 404 /path/to/nopage_image.gif

[foobic]

But of course that will redirect all missing pages to the same image. If you still want to use mod_rewrite, try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)$ 
RewriteRule .* path/to/noimage.gif [L]

Using either method you must ensure that noimage.gif exists and is where you've told Apache to find it.

[EverSpeed]

Yeah, I need it to replace only missing image files, since documents are already rerouted to a custom search page, so I do need to stick with mod_rewrite.

Is the path to noimage.gif relative to the site's public_html folder or to the server root?

Thanks!

[EverSpeed]

Nevermind, I got it working on the first try by using the path relative to the site's folder. Perfect! This is going to save me so much time, not having to create individual "image not available" thumbnails.

Thanks!!!!!

[david510]

If you are placing the rule inside the file .htaccess inside /home/username/public_html and the noimage.gif lies inside the same folder, you can specify the path as follows

RewriteRule .* /noimage.gif [L]