Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2
Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2
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| Description: | Specify character set translation or recoding |
|---|---|
| Status: | Extension |
| Module Identifier: | charset_lite_module |
| Source File: | mod_charset_lite.c |
mod_charset_lite allows the server to change
the character set of responses before sending them to the client.
In an EBCDIC environment, Apache always translates HTTP protocol
content (e.g. response headers) from the code page of the Apache
process locale to ISO-8859-1, but not the body of responses. In
any environment, mod_charset_lite can be used to
specify that response bodies should be translated. For example,
if files are stored in EBCDIC, then
mod_charset_lite can translate them to
ISO-8859-1 before sending them to the client.
This module provides a small subset of configuration
mechanisms implemented by Russian Apache and its associated
mod_charset.
The character set name parameters of CharsetSourceEnc and
CharsetDefault
must be acceptable to the translation mechanism used by
APR on the system where
mod_charset_lite is deployed. These character
set names are not standardized and are usually not the same as
the corresponding values used in http headers. Currently, APR
can only use iconv(3), so you can easily test your character set
names using the iconv(1) program, as follows:
iconv -f charsetsourceenc-value -t charsetdefault-value
If the translation rules don't make sense for the content, translation can fail in various ways, including:
| Description: | Charset to translate into |
|---|---|
| Syntax: | CharsetDefault charset |
| Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
| Override: | FileInfo |
| Status: | Extension |
| Module: | mod_charset_lite |
The CharsetDefault directive specifies the
charset that content in the associated container should be
translated to.
The value of the charset argument must be accepted as a valid character set name by the character set support in APR. Generally, this means that it must be supported by iconv.
<Directory /export/home/trawick/apacheinst/htdocs/convert>
CharsetSourceEnc UTF-16BE
CharsetDefault ISO-8859-1
</Directory>
| Description: | Configures charset translation behavior |
|---|---|
| Syntax: | CharsetOptions option [option] ... |
| Default: | CharsetOptions DebugLevel=0 NoImplicitAdd |
| Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
| Override: | FileInfo |
| Status: | Extension |
| Module: | mod_charset_lite |
The CharsetOptions directive configures certain
behaviors of mod_charset_lite. Option can
be one of
DebugLevel=nDebugLevel keyword allows you to specify
the level of debug messages generated by
mod_charset_lite. By default, no messages are
generated. This is equivalent to DebugLevel=0.
With higher numbers, more debug messages are generated, and
server performance will be degraded. The actual meanings of
the numeric values are described with the definitions of the
DBGLVL_ constants near the beginning of
mod_charset_lite.c.ImplicitAdd | NoImplicitAddImplicitAdd keyword specifies that
mod_charset_lite should implicitly insert its
filter when the configuration specifies that the character
set of content should be translated. If the filter chain is
explicitly configured using the AddOutputFilter directive, NoImplicitAdd
should be specified so that mod_charset_lite
doesn't add its filter.TranslateAllMimeTypes | NoTranslateAllMimeTypesmod_charset_lite will only perform
translation on a small subset of possible mimetypes. When the
TranslateAllMimeTypes keyword is specified for a given
configuration section, translation is performed without regard for
mimetype.| Description: | Source charset of files |
|---|---|
| Syntax: | CharsetSourceEnc charset |
| Context: | server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess |
| Override: | FileInfo |
| Status: | Extension |
| Module: | mod_charset_lite |
The CharsetSourceEnc directive specifies the
source charset of files in the associated container.
The value of the charset argument must be accepted as a valid character set name by the character set support in APR. Generally, this means that it must be supported by iconv.
<Directory /export/home/trawick/apacheinst/htdocs/convert>
CharsetSourceEnc UTF-16BE
CharsetDefault ISO-8859-1
</Directory>
The character set names in this example work with the iconv translation support in Solaris 8.