Kahlid-
I wrote that page, so I think the answer is a guarded 'yes.'
We did find some odd behavior when we turned the patch on, which is noted in the Handbook page:
-- WARNING --
There is a known issue that occurs if you block .png files with this method. It affects the system_test() function in
system.module, which relies on a phantom .png call to the directory '/system/test/'.
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There may be other bugs caused by our original patch, so I think more testing (especially on 4.7, since the patch was put in place for
4.6) is definitely needed.
To make debugging easier, I have opened http://drupal.org/node/76928 and attached the .htaccess file that we currently use.
I also had to modify function system_view_general() in
system.module to hard-code clean url settings, since the .htaccess rules broke Drupal's clean_url checker.
- Ken Rickard
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Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:13:38 -0400
From: "Khalid B" <
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Subject: [development] .htaccess patch for 404 of Non-drupal files
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It is worth including the change in this page
http://drupal.org/node/56773
to the standard .htaccess we distribute?
This has two advantages:
a) Avoid a Drupal bootstrap for every 404 of these files.
b) Send a smaller number of bytes when this happen.
I believe the majority of sites would not want Drupal to handle 404 for these
files.
I can make the patch if it has a chance of getting through.