[Gllug] VACANCY: LAMP/WAMP Web Developers Required

[Branden Faulls]

Tethys wrote:
> Branden Faulls writes:
> 
> 
>>Look at our sister site, www.tsi-resourcing.co.uk, for a better
>>example.
> 
> 
> Just curious... why are you returning a 404 for every page?
> 
> Tet

  Nearly every page will involve a 404 until it is cached.  It is a 
technique that Rasmus Lerdorf calls "funky caching".  If a page doesn't 
exist, it gets redirected to a script which either serves dynamic 
content or generates, and caches the appropriate page.  If you are 
getting 404's a lot, it may be  that the cache has just been cleared, or 
you're viewing a page that is never cached.

It's an elegant hack if you have no control over mod_rewrite, and you 
want a simple caching mechanism.  Works well on the site we built for 
Viatel. (http://www.viatel.com)

Branden


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