See: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Htaccess

See: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Htaccess_tricks

Respond with 403 Forbidden for directory indexes.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options

Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks

Enable only HTML and PHP indexes.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex

<IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.html index.php </IfModule>

Respond with 403 Forbidden for hidden files.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_alias.html#redirectmatch

<IfModule mod_alias.c> RedirectMatch 403 /..*$ </IfModule>

Set the header Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset

AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

Set the header Content-Language: en.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_mime.html#defaultlanguage

<IfModule mod_mime.c> DefaultLanguage en </IfModule>

Define custom error responses.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#errordocument

ErrorDocument 403 /403.html ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

Redirect all requests to the PHP dispatcher script.

See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html

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