How to create custom 404 error page for all users in apache

apache-2.2

I need to create 404 error pages but it should be usable for all of users, If I use ErrorDocument 404 /404.php it will display "Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request." on users web site, How to create it without placing 404.php in every users documentroot?

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You could configure your apache with rewrite rule as above:

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.domain.com/customerrors/page-404.html
# or maybe .php if you want some smarts in that page?

but also put a system-wide alias in place for the /customerrors/ path

Alias /customerrors /var/www/html/custom-errors/
<Directory /var/www/html/custom-errors/>
  # make sure the location can be used to serve files
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

You'll just have to be a little careful to not override a website-local URL.

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Additionally, a 404 Not Found

What happens when you point your browser directly at the http://your.site/errors/404.php url?

I suspect your paths may be a bit confused.

Custom 403 Error page not showing

Is there a .htaccess file inside the includes/ folder? And does it have an ErrorDocument 403 directive?

If that one is overriding the parent one then that could cause the issue you describe.

Try putting the ErrorDocument directive in your httpd.conf or vhost file.

What do you see in your access and error logs for these requests ?

It's also worth triple checking that the 403 line definitely says ErrorDocument 403 /403.php and not ErrorDocument 403 403.php. That small typo would cause all of the symptoms you described.

Update after chat:

The final solution was to make the includes directory readable by the Apache user and add this to the .htaccess:

  <Location /includes>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from all
  </Location>

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Additionally, a 404 Not Found

Custom 403 Error page not showing

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