In my earlier post about .htaccess I had described about authentication using .htaccess and command to generate .htpasswd file. However, when we want to add passwords for many users that method will take too long, since we will have to add passwords for each user one at a time. However, there is an easier way to generate the .htpasswd file using PHP. In this post I will show the different algorithms which can be used to generate the .htpasswd file.
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How to generate passwords for .htpasswd using PHP
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more .htaccess tips
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on October 16, 2011
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In my previous post .htaccess tips I had started with what is .htaccess file and some things that can be done using it. In this post I’ll cover more about .htaccess files.
Topics Covered:
- Directory index file
- Redirection
- Preferred domain (www or non-www)
- Redirect old site to new site
- Redirect all files in a directory
- Redirect a file in a directory
- Changing/displaying different file extension
- Redirect a URL having complete query string
- Redirect a URL starting with specific query string
- Redirect a URL containing specific query string
- Redirect based on ipaddress
- Ban visitors from specific ipaddress
- Ban visitors referred from certain sites
- Allow visitors only from specific ipaddress
- Disable Hotlinking
- Multiple domains on same file system
- Some RewriteRule Flags
- Change PHP Flags
.htaccess tips
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on October 2, 2011
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Topics Covered:
- What is .htaccess file?
- When to use .htaccess file?
- Disadvantage of using .htaccess file
- Authentication using .htaccess file
- Custom Error Document
- Allow/Disallow Directory Listings
What is .htaccess file?
.htaccess file is used on Apache Web Server to make configuration changes on per-directory basis. This file contains the configuration directives and are applied to the directory and all its sub directories. The configuration directives in .htaccess files may overwrite the directives in any .htaccess file found higher up in the directory tree and even the main server configuration.
To enable use of .htaccess file the AllowOverride Directive has to be set in the Apache Server configuration.