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Syntax: <LocationMatch regex> ... </LocationMatch>
Context: server config, virtual host
Status: core
Compatibility: LocationMatch is only available in Apache 1.3 and later.

The <LocationMatch> directive provides for access control by URL, in an identical manner to <Location>. However, it takes a regular expression as an argument instead of a simple string. For example:

       <LocationMatch "/(extra|special)/data">

would match URLs that contained the substring "/extra/data" or "/special/data".

See also: How Directory, Location and Files sections work for an explanation of how these different sections are combined when a request is received