.htaccess 

 

A (hypertext access) is a file on the web server that allows to create a global configuration for web server. They are generally placed inside the root folder and has various functions such as redirecting url, adding prefix to a url, prevent hotlinking, restricting access, redirecting to error pages, compressing a website to make it more faster, cache control etc.

A .htaccess file can be created on your computer or on the server. The main function of .htaccess is to give instructions to the server. The permission parameters set for a .cess file is 644. You can create .htaccess file by creating new file and naming it as .htaccess