Set PHP Include Path in htaccess

December 26th, 2008
If you do not want to change the include_path directories (or you don’t have access to php.ini) you can still set the include_path value within your root .htaccess file. Update/Create /doc_root/.htaccess Unix/Linux Servers php_value include_path "/path/to/include" Windows Servers php_value include_path "C:/path/to/include" PHP To call the include within PHP do the following: require_once('file.php'); The file above is in /doc_root/include/file.php Options Multiple include directories If you have multiple include [...]
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Remove/Force www on Your Domain and 301 Redirect

December 18th, 2008
You want to ensure that Google and other SEs only see one domain so you don’t penalized for duplicate content (www and non-www indexed pages are not the same and counted as duplicates). .htaccess To redirect to domain.com and 301 existing pages: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L] To redirect to www.domain.com and 301 existing pages: RewriteEngine [...]
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Apache WAMP vhost with SSL Configuration

November 28th, 2008
If you are developing in a Windows environment and need to host multiple sites on your Apache development workstation or server here are some tips for setting up your Apache configuration. Download and install XAMPP http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html Verify apache is running after installation <a href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> NOTE: If you are also running IIS you will need to disable socket pooling that [...]
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