htaccess If…Else always selects Else

Question

I set an environment variable in httpd-vhosts.conf

SetEnv EARLY_VAR 1

I try setting special rules based on its value in

Answer 1

The only way I could make it work is using SetEnvIf both in .conf and .htaccess:

I used only this in .conf

SetEnvIf Server_Addr ^ EARLY_VAR=1

and then only this in .htaccess :

SetEnvIf EARLY_VAR ^ TEST_VAR=else_branch
SetEnvIf EARLY_VAR ^1$ TEST_VAR=if_branch

(without If directive. Whatever I tried within If, it seemed like it was evaluated before EARLY_VAR is set)