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How are filesmatch and files processed in htaccess-askapache?


Asked by Boone Dominguez on Nov 28, 2021 FAQ



The directives given within this section will be applied to any object with a basename (last component of filename) matching the specified filename. <Files> sections are processed in the order they appear in the configuration file, after the <directory> sections and .htaccess files are read, but before <location> sections.
And,
NOTE: FilesMatch should be used instead of Files when dealing with multiple files. <FilesMatch> Directive Description: Contains directives that apply to regular-expression matched filenames Syntax: <FilesMatch regex> ... </FilesMatch> Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Just so, Unlike the main server configuration files like httpd.conf, Htaccess files are read on every request therefore changes in these files take immediate effect. Apache searches all directories and subdirectories that are htaccess-enabled for an .htaccess file which results in performance loss due to file accesses.
Also,
Htaccess files use the default filename " .htaccess " but any unix-style file name can be specified from the main server config using the AccessFileName directive. The file isn't .htaccess.txt, its literally just named .htaccess .
Thereof,
Some of the best examples for .htaccess files are included with Apache for main server config files, so lets take a quick look at a couple of them on our way down to the actual .htaccess examples further down the page (this site has thousands, take your time).