Merge pull request symfony#2529 from fabpot/apache-authorization

weaverryan · weaverryan · commit a4a78d79ad91 · 2013-04-30T06:28:22.000-07:00
added a note about php-cgi and Apache
diff --git a/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst b/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.rst
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ are:
     ``AllowOverride None`` and implement the rewrite rules in the ``web/.htaccess``
     into the virtualhost config.
 
+If you are using **php-cgi**, Apache does not pass HTTP basic username and
+password to PHP by default. To work around this limitation, you should use the
+following configuration snippet:
+
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+
 Nginx
 -----
 
