mchkhawarshahzad/php-htaccess-manager

PHP class to manage .htaccess files - parse, update, and merge rules easily.

v1.1.0 2025-07-20 07:38 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4

MIT

• Khawar Shahzad

• php
• parser
• manager
• rewrite
• apache
• htaccess

README

A PHP class to read, parse, merge, and update .htaccess files in a structured way.

🔧 Features

• Parse existing .htaccess into nested blocks
• Merge new rules safely without duplicates
• Rebuild .htaccess content in proper structure
• Simple get() and put() file methods
• Auto-checks for disabled PHP functions
• Update .htaccess with new rules without affecting existing ones
• Apache rules validation and conversion on the fly based on apache version, if V2.2 then (2.4+ to 2.2) and if 2.4+ then (2.2 to 2.4+)

📂 Usage Examples (in examples folder)

• get – Fetch raw .htaccess file data
• put – Save raw data to .htaccess file
• generate – Generate new .htaccess content using existing and new rules
• update – Merge new rules safely without duplication and update the file

✅ Example

If installed via Composer, there's no need to include the file manually.

require_once DIR . '/../src/Htaccess.php';

just use as

use HtaccessManager\Htaccess;

$ht = new Htaccess();

For merge and update

$response = $ht->update("new rules array here");

For get raw content (New rules are optional)

$response = $ht->generate("New rules array here",".htaccess file path here");

📦 Installation

composer require mchkhawarshahzad/php-htaccess-manager