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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  1. # Sample 1: redirect errors to html files
  2. ErrorDocument 400 /400.html
  3. ErrorDocument 401 /401.html
  4. ErrorDocument 403 /403.html
  5. ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
  6. ErrorDocument 405 /405.html
  7. ErrorDocument 408 /408.html
  8. ErrorDocument 414 /414.html
  9. ErrorDocument 500 /500.html
  10. ErrorDocument 502 /502.html
  11. ErrorDocument 504 /504.html
  12.  
  13. # Sample 2: redirect errors to PHP file
  14. ErrorDocument 400 /error.php?q=400
  15. ErrorDocument 401 /error.php?q=401
  16. ErrorDocument 403 /error.php?q=403
  17. ErrorDocument 404 /error.php?q=404
  18. ErrorDocument 405 /error.php?q=405
  19. ErrorDocument 408 /error.php?q=408
  20. ErrorDocument 414 /error.php?q=414
  21. ErrorDocument 500 /error.php?q=500
  22. ErrorDocument 502 /error.php?q=502
  23. 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:

  1. <?php
  2. // @file error.php
  3. $error_msg = array();
  4. if(isset($_GET["q"]) && is_numeric($_GET["q"])){
  5.    $status = array(
  6.       400 => array("400 Bad Request", "Your syntax is wack."),
  7.       401 => array("401 Login Error", "Please try again."),
  8.       403 => array("403 Forbidden", "This be private homey."),
  9.       404 => array("404 Missing", "Clearly this doesn't exist."),
  10.       405 => array("405 Method Not Allowed", "Method Not Allowed."),
  11.       408 => array("408 Request Timeout", "Upgrade your browser."),
  12.       414 => array("414 URL To Long", "Is that a URL in your pants?"),
  13.       500 => array("500 Internal Server Error", "AHHHhhh my server is down!"),
  14.       502 => array("502 Bad Gateway", "The server is acting all crazy."),
  15.       504 => array("504 Gateway Timeout", "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that."),
  16.    );
  17.    $error_msg = $status[$_GET["q"]];
  18. }
  19.  
  20. if(!empty($error_msg)){
  21.    foreach ($error_msg as $err) echo $err."<br>";
  22. }else{
  23.    echo "Something went wrong.";
  24. }
  25. ?>
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