htaccess

About

htaccess is a ...

Reasons to use

• Faster and less complicated to use than mod_rewrite configuration of your web server.
• Does not require complex virtualhost configuration

Example

Example .htaccess file from a default eZ publish installation

# Copy this file to a new file called .htaccess in your eZ publish root
# to make the site more secure in non-virtualhost mode (index.php used in urls).
#

php_value allow_call_time_pass_reference 0

<FilesMatch ".">
order allow,deny
deny from all
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch "(index\.php|\.(gif|jpe?g|png|css|js|html)|var(.+)storage.pdf(.+)\.pdf)$">
order allow,deny
allow from all
</FilesMatch>

# If you see "Forbidden" when trying to access root page of your site
# without 'index.php' appended, uncomment the following "Files" section.
# NOTE: replace "ezpublish-3.6.0" with base name of the directory
# where your eZ publish intallation resides.
# e.g. base name of "/sites/ezpublish/ezpublish-3.6.0" is "ezpublish-3.6.0".

#<Files "ezpublish-3.6.0">
#   order allow,deny
#   allow from all
#</Files>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule !\.(gif|jpe?g|png|css|js|html)|var(.+)storage.pdf(.+)\.pdf$ index.php

DirectoryIndex index.php
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External reference

• htaccess on Google
• Virtual host setup