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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_mime</h1>
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Associates the requested filename's extensions
    with the file's behavior (handlers and filters)
    and content (mime-type, language, character set and
    encoding)</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module&nbsp;Identifier:</a></th><td>mime_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source&nbsp;File:</a></th><td>mod_mime.c</td></tr></table>
<h3>Summary</h3>

    <p>This module is used to assign content metadata to the content
    selected for an HTTP response by mapping patterns in the
    URI or filenames to the metadata values.  For example, the filename
    extensions of content files often define the content's Internet
    media type, language, character set, and content-encoding. This
    information is sent in HTTP messages containing that content and
    used in content negotiation when selecting alternatives, such that
    the user's preferences are respected when choosing one of several
    possible contents to serve. See
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> for more information
    about <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>.</p>

    <p>The directives <code class="directive"><a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> are all used to map file
    extensions onto the metadata for that file. Respectively
    they set the character set, content-encoding, content-language,
    and <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media-type</a> (content-type) of documents.  The directive <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> is used to specify a
    file which also maps extensions onto media types. </p>

    <p>In addition, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> may define the <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> and <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> that originate and process
    content.  The directives <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code> control the modules
    or scripts that serve the document.  The <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive allows
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> to consider these file extensions
    to be included when testing Multiviews matches.</p>

    <p>While <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> associates metadata
    with filename extensions, the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code> server
    provides directives that are used to associate all the files in a
    given container (<em>e.g.</em>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code>, or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files">&lt;Files&gt;</a></code>) with particular
    metadata. These directives include <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code>.  The core directives
    override any filename extension mappings defined in
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>.</p>

    <p>Note that changing the metadata for a file does not
    change the value of the <code>Last-Modified</code> header.
    Thus, previously cached copies may still be used by a client or
    proxy, with the previous headers. If you change the
    metadata (language, content type, character set or
    encoding) you may need to 'touch' affected files (updating
    their last modified date) to ensure that all visitors are
    receive the corrected content headers.</p>
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<div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
<ul id="topics">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#contentencoding">Content encoding</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></li>
</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#addtype">AddType</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#defaultlanguage">DefaultLanguage</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#modmimeusepathinfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removecharset">RemoveCharset</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removeencoding">RemoveEncoding</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removehandler">RemoveHandler</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removelanguage">RemoveLanguage</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#removetype">RemoveType</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif"> <a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&amp;list_id=144532&amp;product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;query_format=specific&amp;order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&amp;component=mod_mime">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&amp;component=mod_mime">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3>
<ul class="seealso">
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul></div>
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<div class="section">
<h2 id="multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions <a title="Permanent link" href="#multipleext" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
    <p>Files can have more than one extension; the order of the
    extensions is <em>normally</em> irrelevant. For example, if the
    file <code>welcome.html.fr</code> maps onto content type
    <code>text/html</code> and language French then the file
    <code>welcome.fr.html</code> will map onto exactly the same
    information.  If more than one extension is given that maps onto
    the same type of metadata, then the one to the right will
    be used, except for languages and content encodings. For example,
    if <code>.gif</code> maps to the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media-type</a>
    <code>image/gif</code> and <code>.html</code> maps to the
    media-type <code>text/html</code>, then the file
    <code>welcome.gif.html</code> will be associated with the
    media-type <code>text/html</code>.</p>

    <p><a href="#charset-lang">Languages</a> and <a href="#contentencoding">content encodings</a> are treated accumulative, because one can assign
    more than one language or encoding to a particular resource. For example,
    the file <code>welcome.html.en.de</code> will be delivered with
    <code>Content-Language: en, de</code> and <code>Content-Type:
    text/html</code>.</p>

    <p>Care should be taken when a file with multiple extensions
    gets associated with both a <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media-type</a>
    and a handler. This will
    usually result in the request being handled by the module associated
    with the handler. For example, if the <code>.imap</code>
    extension is mapped to the handler <code>imap-file</code> (from
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imagemap.html">mod_imagemap</a></code>) and the <code>.html</code> extension is
    mapped to the media-type <code>text/html</code>, then the file
    <code>world.imap.html</code> will be associated with both the
    <code>imap-file</code> handler and <code>text/html</code> media-type.
    When it is processed, the <code>imap-file</code> handler will be used,
    and so it will be treated as a <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imagemap.html">mod_imagemap</a></code> imagemap
    file.</p>

    <p>If you would prefer only the last dot-separated part of the
    filename to be mapped to a particular piece of meta-data, then do
    not use the <code>Add*</code> directives. For example, if you wish
    to have the file <code>foo.html.asis</code> served by the <code>send-as-is</code>
    handler provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_asis.html">mod_asis</a></code>
    script, but not the file <code>bar.asis.html</code>, then instead
    of using <code>AddHandler send-asis .asis</code>, use</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Configure handler based on final extension only</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;FilesMatch "[^.]+\.asis$"&gt;
  SetHandler send-asis
&lt;/FilesMatch&gt;</pre>
</div>

    <div class="note"><h3>Files with no extension</h3>
    <p>Files with no extension (such as <code>Makefile</code>) cannot
    be matched by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>'s extension-based directives.
    To set the content type or charset for such files, use a
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files">&lt;Files&gt;</a></code> or
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#filesmatch">&lt;FilesMatch&gt;</a></code>
    section instead:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># For a specific file:
&lt;Files "Makefile"&gt;
    ForceType text/plain
    AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
&lt;/Files&gt;

# For all files with no extension:
&lt;FilesMatch "^[^.]+$"&gt;
    ForceType text/plain
    AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
&lt;/FilesMatch&gt;</pre>

    </div>

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<h2 id="contentencoding">Content encoding <a title="Permanent link" href="#contentencoding" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
    <p>A file of a particular <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media-type</a> can additionally be encoded a
    particular way to simplify transmission over the Internet.
    While this usually will refer to compression, such as
    <code>gzip</code>, it can also refer to encryption, such a
    <code>pgp</code> or to an encoding such as UUencoding, which is
    designed for transmitting a binary file in an ASCII (text)
    format.</p>

    <p>The HTTP/1.1 RFC (<a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2616">RFC 2616</a>), section 14.11 puts it this way:</p>

    <blockquote cite="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">
      <p>The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to
      the media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional
      content codings have been applied to the entity-body, and thus what
      decoding mechanisms must be applied in order to obtain the media-type
      referenced by the Content-Type header field. Content-Encoding is
      primarily used to allow a document to be compressed without losing
      the identity of its underlying media type.</p>
    </blockquote>

    <p>By using more than one file extension (see <a href="#multipleext">section above about multiple file
    extensions</a>), you can indicate that a file is of a
    particular <em>type</em>, and also has a particular
    <em>encoding</em>. </p>

    <p>For example, you may have a file which is a Microsoft Word
    document, which is pkzipped to reduce its size. If the
    <code>.doc</code> extension is associated with the Microsoft
    Word file type, and the <code>.zip</code> extension is
    associated with the pkzip file encoding, then the file
    <code>Resume.doc.zip</code> would be known to be a pkzip'ed Word
    document.</p>

    <p>Apache sends a <code>Content-encoding</code> header with the
    resource, in order to tell the client browser about the
    encoding method.</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Content-encoding: pkzip</pre>

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<div class="section">
<h2 id="charset-lang">Character sets and languages <a title="Permanent link" href="#charset-lang" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
    <p>In addition to file type and the file encoding,
    another important piece of information is what language a
    particular document is in, and in what character set the file
    should be displayed. For example, the document might be written
    in the Vietnamese alphabet, or in Cyrillic, and should be
    displayed as such. This information, also, is transmitted in
    HTTP headers.</p>

    <p>The character set, language, encoding and mime type are all
    used in the process of content negotiation (See
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>) to determine
    which document to give to the client, when there are
    alternative documents in more than one character set, language,
    encoding or mime type. All filename extensions associations
    created with <code class="directive"><a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></code>,
    <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives
    (and extensions listed in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code>) participate in this select process.
    Filename extensions that are only associated using the <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code> directives may be included or excluded
    from matching by using the <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive.</p>

    <h3 id="charset">Charset</h3>
      <p>To convey this further information, Apache optionally sends
      a <code>Content-Language</code> header, to specify the language
      that the document is in, and can append additional information
      onto the <code>Content-Type</code> header to indicate the
      particular character set that should be used to correctly
      render the information.</p>

      <div class="example"><p><code>
Content-Language: en, fr
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
      </code></p></div>

      <p>The language specification is the two-letter abbreviation
      for the language. The <code>charset</code> is the name of the
      particular character set which should be used.</p>
    
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addcharset"><span id="AddCharset">AddCharset</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addcharset" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified content
charset</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddCharset <var>charset</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive maps the given
    filename extensions to the specified content charset (the Internet
    registered name for a given character encoding). <var>charset</var>
    is the <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">media
    type's charset parameter</a> for resources with filenames containing
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
    overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddLanguage ja .ja
AddCharset EUC-JP .euc
AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .jis
AddCharset SHIFT_JIS .sjis</pre>
</div>

    <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.ja.jis</code> will be treated
    as being a Japanese document whose charset is <code>ISO-2022-JP</code>
    (as will the document <code>xxxx.jis.ja</code>). The
    <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive is useful for both to
    inform the client about the character encoding of the document so that
    the document can be interpreted and displayed appropriately, and for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>,
    where the server returns one from several documents based on
    the client's charset preference.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addencoding"><span id="AddEncoding">AddEncoding</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addencoding" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified encoding
type</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddEncoding <var>encoding</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddEncoding</code> directive maps the given
    filename extensions to the specified HTTP content-encoding.
    <var>encoding</var> is the HTTP content coding to append to the
    value of the Content-Encoding header field for documents named with the
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
    overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
AddEncoding x-compress .Z</pre>
</div>

    <p>This will cause filenames containing the <code>.gz</code> extension
    to be marked as encoded using the <code>x-gzip</code> encoding, and
    filenames containing the <code>.Z</code> extension to be marked as
    encoded with <code>x-compress</code>.</p>

    <p>Old clients expect <code>x-gzip</code> and <code>x-compress</code>,
    however the standard dictates that they're equivalent to
    <code>gzip</code> and <code>compress</code> respectively. Apache does
    content encoding comparisons by ignoring any leading <code>x-</code>.
    When responding with an encoding Apache will use whatever form
    (<em>i.e.</em>, <code>x-foo</code> or <code>foo</code>) the
    client requested. If the client didn't specifically request a
    particular form Apache will use the form given by the
    <code>AddEncoding</code> directive. To make this long story
    short, you should always use <code>x-gzip</code> and
    <code>x-compress</code> for these two specific encodings. More
    recent encodings, such as <code>deflate</code>, should be
    specified without the <code>x-</code>.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addhandler"><span id="AddHandler">AddHandler</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addhandler" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the filename extensions to the specified
handler</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddHandler <var>handler-name</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>Files having the name <var>extension</var> will be served by the
    specified <var><a href="../handler.html">handler-name</a></var>. This
    mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that
    already exist for the same <var>extension</var>. For example, to associate 
    <code>.var</code> files with the <code>type-map</code> handler provided by
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>, you might use:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddHandler type-map .var</pre>


    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html#fallbackresource">FallbackResource</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addinputfilter"><span id="AddInputFilter">AddInputFilter</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addinputfilter" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
client requests</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddInputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
<var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p><code class="directive">AddInputFilter</code> maps the filename extension
    <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which
    will process client requests and POST input when they are received by
    the server. This is in addition to any filters defined elsewhere,
    including the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>
    directive. This mapping is merged over any already in force, overriding
    any mappings that already exist for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <p>If more than one <var>filter</var> is specified, they must be separated
    by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
    content. The <var>filter</var> is case-insensitive.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addlanguage"><span id="AddLanguage">AddLanguage</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addlanguage" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extension to the specified content
language</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddLanguage <var>language-tag</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive maps the given
    filename extension to the specified content language.  Files with the
    filename <var>extension</var> are assigned an HTTP Content-Language
    value of <var>language-tag</var> corresponding to the language
    identifiers defined by RFC 3066.
    This directive overrides any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddEncoding x-compress .Z
AddLanguage en .en
AddLanguage fr .fr</pre>
</div>

    <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.en.Z</code> will be treated as
    being a compressed English document (as will the document
    <code>xxxx.Z.en</code>). Although the content language is
    reported to the client, the browser is unlikely to use this
    information. The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive is
    more useful for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content
    negotiation</a>, where the server returns one from several documents
    based on the client's language preference.</p>

    <p>If multiple language assignments are made for the same
    extension, the last one encountered is the one that is used.
    That is, for the case of:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddLanguage en .en
AddLanguage en-gb .en
AddLanguage en-us .en</pre>


    <p>documents with the extension <code>.en</code> would be treated as
    being <code>en-us</code>.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addoutputfilter"><span id="AddOutputFilter">AddOutputFilter</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addoutputfilter" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
responses from the server</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddOutputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
<var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddOutputFilter</code> directive maps the
    filename extension <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which will process responses
    from the server before they are sent to the client. This is in
    addition to any filters defined elsewhere, including <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_filter.html#addoutputfilterbytype">AddOutputFilterByType</a></code> directive. This mapping is merged
    over any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist
    for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <p>For example, the following configuration will process all
    <code>.shtml</code> files for server-side includes and will then
    compress the output using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code>.</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml</pre>


    <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
    by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
    content. The <var>filter</var> argument is case-insensitive.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

    <p>Note that when defining a set of filters using the
    <code class="directive">AddOutputFilter</code> directive,
    any definition made will replace any previous definition made by
    the <code class="directive">AddOutputFilter</code>
    directive.</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># Effective filter "DEFLATE"
AddOutputFilter DEFLATE shtml
&lt;Location "/foo"&gt;
  # Effective filter "INCLUDES", replacing "DEFLATE"
  AddOutputFilter INCLUDES shtml
&lt;/Location&gt;
&lt;Location "/bar"&gt;
  # Effective filter "INCLUDES;DEFLATE", replacing "DEFLATE"
  AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml
&lt;/Location&gt;
&lt;Location "/bar/baz"&gt;
  # Effective filter "BUFFER", replacing "INCLUDES;DEFLATE"
  AddOutputFilter BUFFER shtml
&lt;/Location&gt;
&lt;Location "/bar/baz/buz"&gt;
  # No effective filter, replacing "BUFFER"
  RemoveOutputFilter shtml
&lt;/Location&gt;</pre>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="addtype"><span id="AddType">AddType</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#addtype" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions onto the specified content
type</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddType <var>media-type</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive maps the given
    filename extensions onto the specified content
    type. <var>media-type</var> is the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media
    type</a> to use for filenames containing
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in
    force, overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="note">
      It is recommended that new media types be added using the
      <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive rather than changing the
      <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> file.
    </div>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddType image/gif .gif</pre>
</div>

    <p>Or, to specify multiple file extensions in one directive:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddType image/jpeg jpeg jpg jpe</pre>
</div>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

    <p>A similar effect to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>'s
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html#languagepriority">LanguagePriority</a></code>
    can be achieved by qualifying a <var>media-type</var> with
    <code>qs</code>:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddType application/rss+xml;qs=0.8 .xml</pre>
</div>

    <p>This is useful in situations, <em>e.g.</em> when a client
    requesting <code>Accept: */*</code> can not actually processes
    the content returned by the server.</p>

    <p>This directive primarily configures the content types generated for
    static files served out of the filesystem.  For resources other than
    static files, where the generator of the response typically specifies
    a Content-Type, this directive has no effect.</p>


    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
    <p>If no handler is explicitly set for a request, the specified content
    type will also be used as the handler name. </p>

    <p>When explicit directives such as
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code> or
    <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code> do not apply
    to the current request, the internal handler name normally set by those
    directives is instead set to the content type specified by this directive.
    </p>
    <p>
    This is a historical behavior that may be used by some third-party modules
    (such as mod_php) for taking responsibility for the matching request.
    </p>

    <p>Configurations that rely on such "synthetic" types should be avoided.
    Additionally, configurations that restrict access to
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code> or
    <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code> should
    restrict access to this directive as well.</p>
    </div>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="defaultlanguage"><span id="DefaultLanguage">DefaultLanguage</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#defaultlanguage" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Defines a default language-tag to be sent in the Content-Language
header field for all resources in the current context that have not been
assigned a language-tag by some other means.</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DefaultLanguage <var>language-tag</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive tells Apache
    that all resources in the directive's scope (<em>e.g.</em>, all resources
    covered by the current <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code> container) that don't have an explicit language
    extension (such as <code>.fr</code> or <code>.de</code> as configured
    by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>) should be
    assigned a Content-Language of <var>language-tag</var>. This allows
    entire directory trees to be marked as containing Dutch content, for
    instance, without having to rename each file. Note that unlike using
    extensions to specify languages, <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code>
    can only specify a single language.</p>

    <p>If no <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive is in force
    and a file does not have any language extensions as configured
    by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>, then no
    Content-Language header field will be generated.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">DefaultLanguage en</pre>
</div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="modmimeusepathinfo"><span id="ModMimeUsePathInfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#modmimeusepathinfo" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Tells <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> to treat <code>path_info</code>
components as part of the filename</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo On|Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> directive is used to
    combine the filename with the <code>path_info</code> URL component to
    apply <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>'s directives to the request. The default
    value is <code>Off</code> - therefore, the <code>path_info</code>
    component is ignored.</p>

    <p>This directive is recommended when you have a virtual filesystem.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ModMimeUsePathInfo On</pre>
</div>

    <p>If you have a request for <code>/index.php/foo.shtml</code>
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> will now treat the
    incoming request as <code>/index.php/foo.shtml</code> and directives
    like <code>AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml</code> will add the
    <code>INCLUDES</code> filter to the request. If <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is not set, the
    <code>INCLUDES</code> filter will not be added. This will work
    analogously for virtual paths, such as those defined by
    <code class="directive">&lt;Location&gt;</code></p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="multiviewsmatch"><span id="MultiviewsMatch">MultiviewsMatch</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#multiviewsmatch" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The types of files that will be included when searching for
a matching file with MultiViews</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch Any|NegotiatedOnly|Filters|Handlers
[Handlers|Filters]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch NegotiatedOnly</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p><code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> permits three different
    behaviors for <a href="mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a>'s
    Multiviews feature.  Multiviews allows a request for a file,
    <em>e.g.</em> <code>index.html</code>, to match any negotiated
    extensions following the base request, <em>e.g.</em>
    <code>index.html.en</code>, <code>index.html.fr</code>, or
    <code>index.html.gz</code>.</p>

    <p>The <code>NegotiatedOnly</code> option provides that every extension
    following the base name must correlate to a recognized
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> extension for content negotiation, <em>e.g.</em>
    Charset, Content-Type, Language, or Encoding.  This is the strictest
    implementation with the fewest unexpected side effects, and is the
    default behavior.</p>

    <p>To include extensions associated with Handlers and/or Filters,
    set the <code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> directive to either
    <code>Handlers</code>, <code>Filters</code>, or both option keywords.
    If all other factors are equal, the smallest file will be served,
    <em>e.g.</em> in deciding between <code>index.html.cgi</code> of 500
    bytes and <code>index.html.pl</code> of 1000 bytes, the <code>.cgi</code>
    file would win in this example. Users of <code>.asis</code> files
    might prefer to use the Handler option, if <code>.asis</code> files are
    associated with the <code>asis-handler</code>.</p>

    <p>You may finally allow <code>Any</code> extensions to match, even if
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> doesn't recognize the extension. This can cause
    unpredictable results, such as serving .old or .bak files the webmaster
    never expected to be served.</p>

    <p>For example, the following configuration will allow handlers
    and filters to participate in Multviews, but will exclude unknown
    files:</p>

    <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">MultiviewsMatch Handlers Filters</pre>


    <p><code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> is not allowed in a
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#locationmatch">&lt;LocationMatch&gt;</a></code> section.</p>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removecharset"><span id="RemoveCharset">RemoveCharset</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removecharset" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any character set associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveCharset <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveCharset</code> directive removes any
    character set associations for files with the given extensions.
    This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
    undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RemoveCharset .html .shtml</pre>
</div>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removeencoding"><span id="RemoveEncoding">RemoveEncoding</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removeencoding" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content encoding associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveEncoding <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directive removes any
    encoding associations for files with the given extensions. This
    allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
    any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files. An example of its use might be:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
AddType text/plain .asc
&lt;Files "*.gz.asc"&gt;
    RemoveEncoding .gz
&lt;/Files&gt;</pre>
</div>

    <p>This will cause <code>foo.gz</code> to be marked as being
    encoded with the gzip method, but <code>foo.gz.asc</code> as an
    unencoded plaintext file.</p>

    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
      <p><code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directives are processed
      <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>
      directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the latter
      if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
    </div>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removehandler"><span id="RemoveHandler">RemoveHandler</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removehandler" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any handler associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveHandler <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveHandler</code> directive removes any
    handler associations for files with the given extensions. This allows
    <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo any
    associations inherited from parent directories or the server
    config files. An example of its use might be:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddHandler server-parsed .html</pre>
</div>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/bar/.htaccess:</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RemoveHandler .html</pre>
</div>

    <p>This has the effect of returning <code>.html</code> files in
    the <code>/foo/bar</code> directory to being treated as normal
    files, rather than as candidates for parsing (see the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code> module).</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removeinputfilter"><span id="RemoveInputFilter">RemoveInputFilter</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removeinputfilter" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any input filter associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveInputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveInputFilter</code> directive removes any
    input <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> associations for files with
    the given extensions.
    This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
    undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removelanguage"><span id="RemoveLanguage">RemoveLanguage</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removelanguage" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any language associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveLanguage <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveLanguage</code> directive removes any
    language associations for files with the given extensions. This
    allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
    any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removeoutputfilter"><span id="RemoveOutputFilter">RemoveOutputFilter</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removeoutputfilter" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any output filter associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveOutputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveOutputFilter</code> directive removes any
    output <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> associations for files with
    the given extensions.
    This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
    undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RemoveOutputFilter shtml</pre>
</div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="removetype"><span id="RemoveType">RemoveType</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#removetype" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content type associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveType <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directive removes any
    <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media type</a> associations for files with
    the given extensions. This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in
    subdirectories to undo any associations inherited from parent
    directories or the server config files. An example of its use
    might be:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">RemoveType .cgi</pre>
</div>

    <p>This will remove any special handling of <code>.cgi</code>
    files in the <code>/foo/</code> directory and any beneath it,
    causing responses containing those files to omit the HTTP
    Content-Type header field.</p>

    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
      <p><code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directives are processed
      <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code>
      directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the
      latter if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
    </div>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2 id="typesconfig"><span id="TypesConfig">TypesConfig</span> Directive <a title="Permanent link" href="#typesconfig" class="permalink">&para;</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The location of the <code>mime.types</code> file</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig conf/mime.types</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">TypesConfig</code> directive sets the
    location of the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#media-type" title="see glossary">media types</a>
    configuration file. <var>File-path</var> is relative to the
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>. This file sets
    the default list of mappings from filename extensions to content
    types. Most administrators use the <code>mime.types</code> file
    provided by their OS, which associates common filename
    extensions with the official list of IANA registered media types
    maintained at <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html">http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html</a>
    as well as a large number of unofficial types.  This
    simplifies the <code>httpd.conf</code> file by providing the
    majority of media-type definitions, and may be overridden by
    <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives as
    needed. You should not edit the <code>mime.types</code> file,
    because it may be replaced when you upgrade your server.</p>

    <p>The file contains lines in the format of the arguments to
    an <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directive:</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
      <var>media-type</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...
    </code></p></div>

    <p>The case of the extension does not matter. Blank lines, and lines
    beginning with a hash character (<code>#</code>) are ignored.
    Empty lines are there for completeness (of the mime.types file).
    Apache httpd can still determine these types with <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html">mod_mime_magic</a></code>.
    </p>

    <div class="note">
      Please do <strong>not</strong> send requests to the Apache HTTP
      Server Project to add any new entries in the distributed
      <code>mime.types</code> file unless (1) they are already
      registered with IANA, and (2) they use widely accepted,
      non-conflicting filename extensions across platforms.
      <code>category/x-subtype</code> requests will be automatically
      rejected, as will any new two-letter extensions as they will
      likely conflict later with the already crowded language and
      character set namespace.
    </div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html">mod_mime_magic</a></code></li>
</ul>
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