ErrorDocument (.htaccess)

[Deleted member 745]

Hi,

How come if I add this to my .htaccess it still gives thisusing XF : if I type something that does not exist like a file or folder - http://mysite.com/hjhjh (A controller for the route path hjhjh was not found.) and it does not goto my error 404 document instead?

  ErrorDocument 400 /errors/400.php
  ErrorDocument 401 /errors/401.php
  ErrorDocument 403 /errors/403.php
  ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php
  ErrorDocument 500 /errors/500.php

But if I add the bit in .htaccess that was included with XF below

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default

I still get the same error (A controller for the route path hjhjh was not found.)

 

[Mike]

Every file in XenForo is found because the rewrite rule matches everything, unless it's in certain directories.

 

[Deleted member 745]

So custom error document is useless inside the xf install?

 

[Mike]

Unless you remove the .htaccess completely (and don't use full friendly URLs) or the 404 happens within a specific directory (eg, styles), yes.

 

[Deleted member 745]

On your website I notice if I type in something random it shows http://xenforo.com/community/fgfgf as page not found but on mine it shows as A controller for the route path was not found.

 

[Mike]

That's just because you're in debug mode (which shouldn't be enabled on production websites).

 

[Deleted member 745]

Very helpful thanks a lot.

 

[Floris]

I made a tiny plugin that lets you use a template for 404 errors. Optionally you can show the 'route not found' tech info as well (even when not in debug mode).

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/product-xenfans-com-custom-errors.23488/

Benefit is that you can display to the user what you want by editing the template that comes with the plugin.