## ForceType

Syntax: ForceType media type
Context: directory, .htaccess
Status: Base
Module: mod_mime
Compatibility: ForceType is only available in Apache 1.1 and later.

When placed into an `.htaccess` file or a `<Directory>` or `<Location>` section, this directive forces all matching files to be served as the content type given by media type. For example, if you had a directory full of GIF files, but did not want to label them all with ".gif", you might want to use:

        ForceType image/gif

Note that this will override any filename extensions that might determine the media type.