Custom Error Pages in .htaccess

This example shows you how to define custom error pages in .htaccess file and also how to display the error page on your site.

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# Sample 1: redirect errors to html files
ErrorDocument 400 /400.html
ErrorDocument 401 /401.html
ErrorDocument 403 /403.html
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
ErrorDocument 405 /405.html
ErrorDocument 408 /408.html
ErrorDocument 414 /414.html
ErrorDocument 500 /500.html
ErrorDocument 502 /502.html
ErrorDocument 504 /504.html
# Sample 2: redirect errors to PHP file
ErrorDocument 400 /error.php?q=400
ErrorDocument 401 /error.php?q=401
ErrorDocument 403 /error.php?q=403
ErrorDocument 404 /error.php?q=404
ErrorDocument 405 /error.php?q=405
ErrorDocument 408 /error.php?q=408
ErrorDocument 414 /error.php?q=414
ErrorDocument 500 /error.php?q=500
ErrorDocument 502 /error.php?q=502
ErrorDocument 504 /error.php?q=504

You may create separate files for each error, described in Sample 1 or just create the one PHP file for Sample 2. Here the PHP template for dealing with any sort of error, if you want to keep it simple:

<?php
// @file error.php
$error_msg = array();
if(isset($_GET["q"]) && is_numeric($_GET["q"])){
$status = array(
400 => array("400 Bad Request", "Your syntax is wack."),
401 => array("401 Login Error", "Please try again."),
403 => array("403 Forbidden", "This be private homey."),
404 => array("404 Missing", "Clearly this doesn't exist."),
405 => array("405 Method Not Allowed", "Method Not Allowed."),
408 => array("408 Request Timeout", "Upgrade your browser."),
414 => array("414 URL To Long", "Is that a URL in your pants?"),
500 => array("500 Internal Server Error", "AHHHhhh my server is down!"),
502 => array("502 Bad Gateway", "The server is acting all crazy."),
504 => array("504 Gateway Timeout", "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that."),
);
$error_msg = $status[$_GET["q"]];
}
if(!empty($error_msg)){
foreach ($error_msg as $err) echo $err."<br>";
}else{
echo "Something went wrong.";
}
?>

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