Apache does not generate a 404

Question

if I have /faq.php on the server it can also be accessed via /faq.php/nonexistant.gif why? I have made sure MultiViews are disabled. Why does the conte

Answer 1

/nonexistant.gif will be HTTP "PATH_INFO": http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3875, section 4.1.5

Basically, the webserver will scan "down" a url until it hits an actual file. Anything after that file in the url becomes PATH_INFO.

http://example.com/some/path/leading/to/realfile.php/extra/stuff/that/becomes/path/info
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--- real directories
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^--actual file, scanning stops here
                                                    ^^-----onwards = path_info