Can I make a dynamic .htaccess file?

Question

Can I make my .htaccess be generated with php?
I would like to use php to dynamicly create my htaccess file from information from the database.
It would save me the trouble of making a new .htaccess file whenever I change a bit of my code.

Answer 1

You can read and write files with the file system functions, for example:

$data = <<<EOF
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule …
EOF;
file_put_contents('.htaccess', $data);

But it would be more flexible if you use one static rule that redirect the requests to your PHP file that then does the rest.