Time Based URL Rewriting

On July 7, 2010, in Web Development, by Anuj Gakhar

I have used several URL Rewriting engines in my career and one of my favorites is the Apache mod_rewrite. It is a very powerful rewrite engine and today I learned something new about it. Basically, I was browsing the Practical Driving Test Booking page and I noticed a message saying that this system is only available between 6AM and midnight. That’s when it occurred to me that URL rewriting could be used for doing such a thing.

I started looking for this and sure enough this is one of the features of mod_rewrite. Here is the code to achieve this :-

[xml]
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR}%{TIME_MIN} >2359
RewriteCond %{TIME_HOUR}%{TIME_MIN} <0600
RewriteRule ^index\.cfm$ /systemdown.html [L]
[/xml]

The above code makes sure that the time is more than 23:59 and less than 06:00 and if it is, rewrites index.cfm to systemdown.html and the URL stays the same. No code changes required at all.
Now, that is cool!
 

3 Responses to Time Based URL Rewriting

  1. Wish I had more to say here – but cool tip!

  2. shortener says:

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