# Apache configuration file # httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/quickreference.html # Note .htaccess files are an overhead, this logic should be in your Apache config if possible # httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html # Techniques in here adapted from all over, including: # Kroc Camen: camendesign.com/.htaccess # perishablepress.com/press/2006/01/10/stupid-htaccess-tricks/ # Sample .htaccess file of CMS MODx: modxcms.com ### ### If you run a webserver other than apache, consider: ### github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate-server-configs ### # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Better website experience for IE users # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Force the latest IE version, in various cases when it may fall back to IE7 mode # github.com/rails/rails/commit/123eb25#commitcomment-118920 # Use ChromeFrame if it's installed for a better experience for the poor IE folk Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=Edge,chrome=1" # mod_headers can't match by content-type, but we don't want to send this header on *everything*... Header unset X-UA-Compatible # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Cross-domain AJAX requests # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Serve cross-domain ajax requests, disabled. # enable-cors.org # code.google.com/p/html5security/wiki/CrossOriginRequestSecurity # # Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Webfont access # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Allow access from all domains for webfonts. # Alternatively you could only whitelist your # subdomains like "subdomain.example.com". Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Proper MIME type for all files # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # JavaScript # Normalize to standard type (it's sniffed in IE anyways) # tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4329#section-7.2 AddType application/javascript js # Audio AddType audio/ogg oga ogg AddType audio/mp4 m4a # Video AddType video/ogg ogv AddType video/mp4 mp4 m4v AddType video/webm webm # SVG. # Required for svg webfonts on iPad # twitter.com/FontSquirrel/status/14855840545 AddType image/svg+xml svg svgz AddEncoding gzip svgz # Webfonts AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject eot AddType application/x-font-ttf ttf ttc AddType font/opentype otf AddType application/x-font-woff woff # Assorted types AddType image/x-icon ico AddType image/webp webp AddType text/cache-manifest appcache manifest AddType text/x-component htc AddType application/x-chrome-extension crx AddType application/x-xpinstall xpi AddType application/octet-stream safariextz AddType text/x-vcard vcf # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Gzip compression # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Force deflate for mangled headers developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/12/pushing-beyond-gzipping/ SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding # HTML, TXT, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, HTC: FilterDeclare COMPRESS FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/html FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/css FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/plain FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/xml FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $text/x-component FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/javascript FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/json FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/xml FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/xhtml+xml FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/rss+xml FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/atom+xml FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/vnd.ms-fontobject FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $image/svg+xml FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $application/x-font-ttf FilterProvider COMPRESS DEFLATE resp=Content-Type $font/opentype FilterChain COMPRESS FilterProtocol COMPRESS DEFLATE change=yes;byteranges=no # Legacy versions of Apache AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/css application/json AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml application/xml text/x-component AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml application/rss+xml application/atom+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon image/svg+xml application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf font/opentype # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # The following directives stop screen flicker in IE on CSS rollovers - in # combination with the "ExpiresByType" rules for images (see above). If # needed, un-comment the following rules. # BrowserMatch "MSIE" brokenvary=1 # BrowserMatch "Mozilla/4.[0-9]{2}" brokenvary=1 # BrowserMatch "Opera" !brokenvary # SetEnvIf brokenvary 1 force-no-vary # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Cookie setting from iframes # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Allow cookies to be set from iframes (for IE only) # If needed, uncomment and specify a path or regex in the Location directive # # # Header set P3P "policyref=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\", CP=\"IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT\"" # # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Prevent SSL cert warnings # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Rewrite secure requests properly to prevent SSL cert warnings, e.g. prevent # https://www.example.com when your cert only allows https://secure.example.com # Uncomment the following lines to use this feature. # # RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443 # RewriteRule ^ https://example-domain-please-change-me.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Prevent 404 errors for non-existing redirected folders # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # without -MultiViews, Apache will give a 404 for a rewrite if a folder of the same name does not exist # e.g. /blog/hello : webmasterworld.com/apache/3808792.htm Options -MultiViews # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # UTF-8 encoding # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html AddDefaultCharset utf-8 # Force UTF-8 for a number of file formats AddCharset utf-8 .html .css .js .xml .json .rss .atom # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # A little more security # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Do we want to advertise the exact version number of Apache we're running? # Probably not. ## This can only be enabled if used in httpd.conf - It will not work in .htaccess # ServerTokens Prod # "-Indexes" will have Apache block users from browsing folders without a default document # Usually you should leave this activated, because you shouldn't allow everybody to surf through # every folder on your server (which includes rather private places like CMS system folders). Options -Indexes # Block access to "hidden" directories whose names begin with a period. This # includes directories used by version control systems such as Subversion or Git. RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F] # If your server is not already configured as such, the following directive # should be uncommented in order to set PHP's register_globals option to OFF. # This closes a major security hole that is abused by most XSS (cross-site # scripting) attacks. For more information: http://php.net/register_globals # # IF REGISTER_GLOBALS DIRECTIVE CAUSES 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERRORS : # # Your server does not allow PHP directives to be set via .htaccess. In that # case you must make this change in your php.ini file instead. If you are # using a commercial web host, contact the administrators for assistance in # doing this. Not all servers allow local php.ini files, and they should # include all PHP configurations (not just this one), or you will effectively # reset everything to PHP defaults. Consult www.php.net for more detailed # information about setting PHP directives. # php_flag register_globals Off # Rename session cookie to something else, than PHPSESSID # php_value session.name sid # Do not show you are using PHP # Note: Move this line to php.ini since it won't work in .htaccess # php_flag expose_php Off # Level of log detail - log all errors # php_value error_reporting -1 # Write errors to log file # php_flag log_errors On # Do not display errors in browser (production - Off, development - On) # php_flag display_errors Off # Do not display startup errors (production - Off, development - On) # php_flag display_startup_errors Off # Format errors in plain text # Note: Leave this setting 'On' for xdebug's var_dump() output # php_flag html_errors Off # Show multiple occurrence of error # php_flag ignore_repeated_errors Off # Show same errors from different sources # php_flag ignore_repeated_source Off # Size limit for error messages # php_value log_errors_max_len 1024 # Don't precede error with string (doesn't accept empty string, use whitespace if you need) # php_value error_prepend_string " " # Don't prepend to error (doesn't accept empty string, use whitespace if you need) # php_value error_append_string " " # Increase cookie security php_value session.cookie_httponly true