htaccess tutorial for beginners

by | Sep 27, 2021 | PHP, React | 0 comments

In this tutorial, I'll cover how to setup an .htaccess configuration file for redirecting to website page. It is simple to use, Hypertext access (.htaccess) is a configuration file automatically executed and detected by the Apache web server.

Just create a .htaccess file in a text editor and upload it to your website’s root directory(public_html) and add the following code. 

 Example 1 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>

 Example 2 
 RewriteEngine On
 DirectoryIndex disabled
 RewriteRule ^$ http://107.180.34.196:8080/ [P,L]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://107.180.34.196:8080/$1 [P,L]

React js and php 

 Example 1 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.html$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
  RewriteRule . /index.html [L]
</IfModule>

 Example 1 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  IndexIgnore */*
  RewriteEngine On
  # If its not HTTPS
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
  RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R,L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\/$
  RewriteRule ^(.*) /
</IfModule>

 Example 2 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  IndexIgnore */*
  RewriteEngine On
  # If its not HTTPS
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/cpanel-dcv/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/(?:\ Ballot169)?
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
  RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R,L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\/$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/cpanel-dcv/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/(?:\ Ballot169)?
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
  RewriteRule ^(.*) /
</IfModule>

Blacklisting by IP 

 Blacklisting 
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from 178.137.83.166
deny from 128.137.47.134

Whitelisting by IP 

 Whitelisting 
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 178.137.83.166
allow from 128.137.47.134

Conclusion

In this post, you’ve learned the easy way to setup an .htaccess configuration file for automatically website redirects and block(Blacklisting by IP) or allow(Whitelisting by IP) visitors from specific countries.