I had quite some trouble getting a custom 400 error document to work. I added this to the top level of my Apache conf:
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
ErrorDocument 400 /400.html
And created the two error documents in the DocumentRoot
. First, I tested the 404 with:
echo -en "GET /foo HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 80
This returned my custom 404.
Then the 400 (Note that the leading slash is missing):
echo -en "GET foo HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 80
The response was the default Apache 400.
I did manage to get my custom 400 back by talking HTTP to an HTTPS vhost:
echo -en "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 443
You still get the same custom 400 back, even if you make an invalid request:
echo -en "GET foo HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 443
Unfortunately for your testing, talking SSL to a non-ssl vhost doesn't result in a 400 of any sort. I still haven't figured out how to get a custom ErrorDocuemnt 400
to be sent back on port 80.
P.S. I remember reading somewhere that an ErrorDocument 400
won't work inside a .htaccess
file as it may not be possible to even determine the correct DocumentRoot
if the request is malformed. The same probably applies to name based virtualhosts.