[mod-security-users] "The order of rules in the configuration file is important only within the rules of each phase."

[<jm+...@ro...>]

Hey

Concerning 
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/wiki/Reference-Manual#Processing_Phases

"The order of rules in the configuration file is important only within 
the rules of each phase."

Can anyone elaborate on that?

If you specify say

1) SecRule some_variable some_operator "some_action,phase:1,id:4"
2) SecRule some_variable some_operator "some_action,phase:2,id:5"
3) SecRule some_variable some_operator "some_action,phase:1,id:5"
4) SecRule some_variable some_operator "some_action,phase:2,id:4"

The order of execution is pretty clear, is it not? 1 -> 3 -> 4 -> 2

How would the order of statements in the configuration file play a role?

Thanks.

Marki