I want to Get .htaccess file Content through Url

Question

I am using this function to get content of .htaccess file

file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/.htaccess')

But its give me this error

failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

But When i open this url its working fine

file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/robots.txt')

Please help me to solved this Problem.

Thanks

I think that this isn't possible, because this would be a security problem. — Dinistro, Apr 03 '14 at 06:01
if you want to read it at your website, you can use a php like a proxy to read the .htaccess file content. — dlyaza, Apr 03 '14 at 06:04
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16753107/web-server-not-reading-htaccess-file — Deepak Mane, Apr 03 '14 at 06:06
@user1577168 you can get it with simple service. See my answer — Hüseyin BABAL, Apr 03 '14 at 06:08
You can expose the content of your own `.htaccess` file - is that what you're trying to do? If you're trying to get the contents of an external `.htaccess` file, that's not going to be possible unless they provided a means of doing so. — Marty, Apr 03 '14 at 06:10
I have 10 different sites and i want to show htaccess content of all of my sites in my API without login in Server. — user1577168, Apr 03 '14 at 06:16
Big question is **WHY**? What are you trying to solve by doing this? — Panama Jack, Apr 03 '14 at 06:17
So you can implement what @HüseyinBABAL has done on each of those 10 websites. Beware however that If you make a request from the client to those proxies that anyone can get the password / whatever. — Marty, Apr 03 '14 at 06:22

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 06:03

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The default configuration for any HTTP server that supports .htaccess configuration files is to not expose them over HTTP.

At best, the details of the server's configuration are not something the public needs to know about and, at worst, could be a serious security problem if exposed to the public.

You could look in to reconfiguring the server to make the .htaccess files public, but you would be better served accessing the file using the file system instead of HTTP.

answered Apr 03 '14 at 06:03

Quentin

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I want to show content of .htaccess file in my API. Is there any way to show content of .htaccess file?. Without login in to server. – user1577168 Apr 03 '14 at 06:07
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Your reasons for wanting to access the file don't change anything about this answer. It still holds. – Quentin Apr 03 '14 at 06:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 06:06

You cannot get content through web, but you can access it with simple service;

htaccess.php

<?php

$password = $_GET["pass"]; // password protection

if(!empty($password) && $password == "your_password") {
    $file = 'path/to/.htaccess'; //physical path on server

    if (file_exists($file)) {
        echo file_get_contents( $file );
    }
}

And go to

http://your_domain.com/htaccess.php?pass=your_password

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '14 at 06:06

I just want to extend Quentin's answer:

.htaccess is a file by your server to tell the system how to handle HTTP requests such ass file and folder access. It is ill recommended to have that exposed to an outside requester unless in 2 condition:

1) within a CMS file manager in this case it should display it to you so that you can edit the file (like cpanel or directadmin)

2) FTP.

calling it externally...no.

I want to Get .htaccess file Content through Url

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