Using PHP for HTML error codes versus .htaccess file

I need your help if possible.

I recently started to understand the PHP scripts that can be use to
control pages and information.

However, we recently "redo" all of our HTML pages, deleted a
bunch....here is the question:

On our Web Hosting, they have a file call ".htaccess" that can be used
to handle "ErrorDocument: 404" http://www.yourdomain.com/notfound.html

Accordinly to their instruction, it is seems to be much difficult to
mange and I was wondering if possible to handle this through PHP?

I know our web pages that are gone are still "cache" on Search Engines
web site and I know customer are clicking on it and get an Error Message.

Any insight or help is greatly apprecaited.

Thanks

Gil

here is a sample of the code in the .htaccess file

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.myhost.com
AuthUserFile /XX/myhost/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /XX/myhost/_vti_pvt/service.grp

Where would I put the errorcodes like below to the above string?

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.myhost.com/notfound.htm
ErrorDocument 301 http://www.myhost.com/notfound.htm
ErrorDocument 302 http://www.myhost.com/notfound.htm
ErrorDocument 304 http://www.myhost.com/notfound.htm
ErrorDocument 400 http://www.myhost.com/notfound.htm
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.myhost.com/notfound.htm

Any help is very much appreciated ! !

Gil




Gil wrote:

> I need your help if possible.
>
> I recently started to understand the PHP scripts that can be use to
> control pages and information.
> However, we recently "redo" all of our HTML pages, deleted a
> bunch....here is the question:
>
> On our Web Hosting, they have a file call ".htaccess" that can be used
> to handle "ErrorDocument: 404" http://www.yourdomain.com/notfound.html
>
> Accordinly to their instruction, it is seems to be much difficult to
> mange and I was wondering if possible to handle this through PHP?
>
> I know our web pages that are gone are still "cache" on Search Engines
> web site and I know customer are clicking on it and get an Error Message.
>
> Any insight or help is greatly apprecaited.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gil
>
>

"Gil" <gilbertn@biolok.com> wrote in message
news:UXSYa.6112$AO3.725@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com...
| On our Web Hosting, they have a file call ".htaccess"
| that can be used to handle "ErrorDocument: 404"
| http://www.yourdomain.com/notfound.html

Try the following:
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yourdomainname.com/custom404page.html
All you need is the one line in the .htaccess file, no need to script
it.
Put it at the top, above everything else so the page isn't locked out
by any later rules
for more info, take a look at http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/124/2

You should also modify that custom404page,html to tell surfers that
* the link you followed is out of date - we've changed our site
around a lot!
* click HERE to go to the new site home page and search for the
page you want from there

or something along those lines!

Hope that helps!

D

Thanks Pauper! just what I was looking for.

Gil


Pauper wrote:

>"Gil" <gilbertn@biolok.com> wrote in message
>news:UXSYa.6112$AO3.725@fe02.atl2.webusenet.com.. .
>| On our Web Hosting, they have a file call ".htaccess"
>| that can be used to handle "ErrorDocument: 404"
>| http://www.yourdomain.com/notfound.html
>
>Try the following:
>ErrorDocument 404 http://www.yourdomainname.com/custom404page.html
>All you need is the one line in the .htaccess file, no need to script
>it.
>Put it at the top, above everything else so the page isn't locked out
>by any later rules
>for more info, take a look at http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/124/2
>
>You should also modify that custom404page,html to tell surfers that
> * the link you followed is out of date - we've changed our site
>around a lot!
> * click HERE to go to the new site home page and search for the
>page you want from there
>
>or something along those lines!
>
>Hope that helps!
>
>D
>
>
>
>