What is .htaccess

What is .htaccess

The .htaccess file is a simple text file (in ASCII format). In general you can use, .htaccess files to change some configuration directives of the apache web server. However, .htaccess files can do lot more than simply change some settings of your web server as you will find from the topics listed in this tutorial.
Please, note that the name of the file is “.htaccess”. It starts with a dot. By default on Unix/Linux systems files starting with a dot are not publicly visible. If you are running a Windows PC, it is likely that you will have troubles creating such a file. So…