liquidweb / liquidweb/htaccess-validator-php

Specific RewriteCond makes problems in validating

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Description

Hi, the following line throws a false-positive:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.u|u-|www\.u-|you|www\.you|you-|www\.you-|uni|www\.uni)book\.at$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://mywebsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

In real this line doesn't fail in Apache 2.2 and 2.4

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Start by reproducing the reported RewriteCond validation result from the issue against Apache 2.2 and 2.4 behavior. Trace the validator entry point that handles this condition and compare its result with Apache; done means this valid condition is no longer reported as a false positive.

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Tech stack
apache, php
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tooling
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
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