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com/page.php” becomes “yoursite.com/page. rewriteengine on
html”. RewriteBase /scripts/

The second method parses all static pages as RewriteRule ^thesescripts/.html$ scripts.php
dynamic. This seems contrary to the goal, but [T=application/x-httpd-php]
it isn’t. What happens in this scenario: your
entire site appears as a static site while, in truth, RewriteRule ^allscripts/.html$ anotherscript.
generates via dynamic pages. The difference cgi [T=application/x-httpd-cgi] [L]
lies in the whole of the site rather than a single
page. All of your pages will appear as “page.html”
explaining the rules
rather than “page.php”.
^thesescripts/ – Tells the server whether the
page starts with the specified name.
Locating the .htaccess File
The server typically creates a default .htaccess / .html$ – Tells the server that, after the match,
in the public_html directory. the only other characters to find are the .html.
Upon finding anything else, it ignores the file.
“/home/username/public_html/.htaccess”.
php$ – The file name change loaded by the
Often times you’ll have to unhide the file server.
through your CPanel settings. If you’re working
via a remote server, check your root folder. [T=application/x-httpd-cgi] – This tells the
Remember to unhide the files. If you find there server to change the MIME type so that it runs
isn’t an .htaccess file, you can create one by the page accordingly.
creating a new file and naming it .htaccess. Save
it to your root directory. [L] – Stops all further rules from executing as
long as the previous rules were successful.

Masking Dynamic as Static
Parsing Static as Dynamic
To change select pages to appear as static open
your .htaccess in your editor of choice. Let’s Parsing all static files as dynamic has fewer
assume the name of the file is “scripts.php” and steps than a single page. For this step, you won’t
you want it to show as “thesescripts.html”. need the mod_rewrite module loaded. If you’d
like all dynamic files to appear as static, you need
only add to your .htaccess file the following:
add the following rewrite rule:
RewriteEngine on #Text after the octothorpe
addType application/x-httpd-
(hashtag) are comments.
php .html
RewriteBase /scripts/ #This is the folder where In order for this to work effectively, you’ll name
the rewrite rule applies. your scripts with an HTML extension. The above
code will parse all your files as PHP despite having
RewriteRule ^thesescripts\.html$ scripts.php an HTML extension.
[T=application/x-httpd-php] #Changes ‘scripts.
php’ to ‘thesescripts.html’.
Yes or No
While using the .htaccess file to mask or parse
Hint: When you save your file and are creating
your scripts is an effective method, it may not
a new file, if you’re saving using Notepad (not
be the most efficient. Depending on the volume
Notepad++), you’ll save the file as “.htaccess”
of traffic you receive, the site load speed slows
and include the quotation marks. Otherwise,
drastically.
Notepad will append “.txt” after the name.
However, if you have just a few scripts or need
adding Files to address a few inconsistencies within your file
It’s also possible to add additional rules. For structure, there’s no harm in masquerading your
instance, if you’d like to add a secondary file CGI/PHP scripts. After all, it’s a rather useful
named “anotherscript.cgi” and change it to tool to keep within your arsenal of development
“allscripts.html”. tactics, as you’ve seen.

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