What is htaccess file

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I am a beginner to Zend framework and I want to know more about the  htaccess file and its uses  Can somebody help me   I found an example like this     htacess file  AuthName  Member s Area Name    AuthUserFile  path to password file  htpasswd   AuthType Basic   require valid-user   ErrorDocument 401  error pages 401 html   AddHandler server-parsed  html

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What  A settings file for the server Cannot be accessed by end-user There is no need to reboot the server  changes work immediately It might serve as a bridge between your code and server  We can do  URL rewriting Custom error pages Caching Redirections Blocking ip s

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htaccess file create in directory  var www html  htaccess  lt IfModule mod rewrite c gt   RewriteEngine on RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -f RewriteRule   index php  QSA L   lt  IfModule gt

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Htaccess is a configuration file of apache which is used to make changes in the configuration on a directory basis  Htaccess file is used to do changes in functions and features of the apache server  Htaccess is used to rewrite the URL  It is used to make site address protected  Also to restrict IP addresses so on particular IP address site will not be opened

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It is not so easy to give out specific addresses to people say for a conference or a specific project or product   It could be more secure to prevent hacking such as SQL injection attacks etc

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You are allow to use php value to change php setting in  htaccess file  Same like how php ini did   Example   php value date timezone Asia Kuala Lumpur   For other php setting  please read http   www php net manual en ini list php

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You can think it like php ini files sub files   php ini file stores most of the configuration about php like curl enable disable  Where  htaccess makes this setting only for perticular directory and php ini file store settings for its server  all directory

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It s not part of PHP  it s part of Apache   http   httpd apache org docs 2 2 howto htaccess html      htaccess files provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis    Essentially  it allows you to take directives that would normally be put in Apache s main configuration files  and put them in a directory-specific configuration file instead  They re mostly used in cases where you don t have access to the main configuration files  e g  a shared host

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Below are some usage of htaccess files in server     1     AUTHORIZATION  AUTHENTICATION   htaccess files are often used to specify the security restrictions for the particular directory  hence the filename  access   The  htaccess file is often accompanied by an  htpasswd file which stores valid usernames and their passwords   2     CUSTOMIZED ERROR RESPONSES  Changing the page that is shown when a server-side error occurs  for example HTTP 404 Not Found  Example   ErrorDocument 404  notfound html  3     REWRITING URLS  Servers often use  htaccess to rewrite  ugly  URLs to shorter and prettier ones   4     CACHE CONTROL   htaccess files allow a server to control User agent caching used by web browsers to reduce bandwidth usage  server load  and perceived lag   More info   http   en wikipedia org wiki Htaccess

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htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running the   Apache Web Server software     When a  htaccess file is placed in a directory which is in turn  loaded via the Apache Web Server   then the  htaccess file is detected and executed by the Apache Web Server software    These  htaccess files can be used to alter the configuration of the Apache Web Server software to enable disable additional functionality and features that the Apache Web Server software has to offer   These facilities include basic redirect functionality  for instance if a 404 file not found error occurs  or for more advanced functions such as content password protection or image hot link prevention   Whenever any request is sent to the server it always passes through  htaccess file  There are some rules are defined to instruct the working

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