Ivan Ivković Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Can PHP dynamically change .htaccess files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Sure, it's just a text file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 ...but there are, like, zero reasons you should ever need to. What are you trying to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyKay47 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 ...but there are, like, zero reasons you should ever need to. What are you trying to do? yeah, I wouldn't really mess around with the .htaccess file using PHP. There should never be a legitimate reason why you would ever need to change .htaccess dynamically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 ...but there are, like, zero reasons you should ever need to. What are you trying to do? yeah, I wouldn't really mess around with the .htaccess file using PHP. There should never be a legitimate reason why you would ever need to change .htaccess dynamically. A web-based text editor comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 There should never be a legitimate reason why you would ever need to change .htaccess dynamically. A web-based text editor comes to mind. How? [edit] You might be talking about a kind of site administration thing, but in that case the .htaccess is just a normal file you'd want to edit as your site evolves. We're talking about something that needs the .htaccess to change dynamically and (I assume) automatically for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Guess I missed the "dynamically" part. Yeah, I don't see why any of the .htaccess rules would need to dynamically change. Except maybe to handle some kind of sub-directory that is dynamically created or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyKay47 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Guess I missed the "dynamically" part. Yeah, I don't see why any of the .htaccess rules would need to dynamically change. Except maybe to handle some kind of sub-directory that is dynamically created or something. Whatever the case may be, there is almost always a better solution than updating .htaccess with PHP. This could lead to very un-wanted results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivković Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 There should never be a legitimate reason why you would ever need to change .htaccess dynamically. A web-based text editor comes to mind. How? [edit] You might be talking about a kind of site administration thing, but in that case the .htaccess is just a normal file you'd want to edit as your site evolves. We're talking about something that needs the .htaccess to change dynamically and (I assume) automatically for whatever reason. Yes, this is for administration for a CMS that's uber-user-friendly. So yea. You'd have a set of settings for your website that would dynamically change htaccess files based on decision. So you don't really need a developer to set things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 There should never be a legitimate reason why you would ever need to change .htaccess dynamically. A web-based text editor comes to mind. How? [edit] You might be talking about a kind of site administration thing, but in that case the .htaccess is just a normal file you'd want to edit as your site evolves. We're talking about something that needs the .htaccess to change dynamically and (I assume) automatically for whatever reason. Yes, this is for administration for a CMS that's uber-user-friendly. So yea. You'd have a set of settings for your website that would dynamically change htaccess files based on decision. So you don't really need a developer to set things up. That being the case you would likely use the RewriteMap directive (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritemap) instead to retrieve data directly from your database rather than using php to rewrite your .htaccess file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ivković Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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