You can use the htaccess file to set up web pages for visitors to see when an error occurs.
The ErrorDocument command can be used to:
- redirect to another URL (any)
- view the content of a particular page on the same site
- display the set error message
The first parameter is the error number, the second parameter is the destination URL, file or text.
Examples
ErrorDocument 500 http://www.example.com/error.html ErrorDocument 404 /page-doesnt-exist.php ErrorDocument 401 /login.html ErrorDocument 403 "Sorry, you do not have access to this file"
HTTP error codes
For example, the HTTP protocol defines the following error codes:
- 01 Unauthorized – user must log in to access
- 403 Forbidden – Access Denied
- 404 Not Found – Page Not Found
- 500 Internal Server Error – internal error, request cannot be processed (eg error in script)
A complete list of codes and their explanations: HTTP 1.1 – status code definitions