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How to dynamically set the DefaultLanguage in htaccess?

Is it possible to set the DefaultLanguage in .htaccess according to an environmental variable or a rewrite condition?

Solution

  • You can use shell env variable in DefaultLanguage like this:

    DefaultLanguage ${_LANG}

    Where _LANG is the env variable set before Apache process has been started. I start my Apache as:

    sudo bash -c 'export _LANG=de && /Applications/MAMP/bin/startApache.sh'