Adding .htaccess expires rules through PHP in a WordPress Plugin?

Question

I am attempting to create my first WordPress plugin, based on a .htaccess idea of mine. I don't know PHP too, too well, but I can change around code and stuff.

How can I add .htaccess rules to .htaccess using PHP for WordPress?

For example, how would I use PHP to generate the following .htaccess code?:

<FilesMatch "\.(js|css)$">
ExpiresDefault A604800
Header append Cache-Control "proxy-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>

Thank you in advance.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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.htaccess is simply a text file, so you can write/ read/ remove content from it using PHP functions responsible for this. Maybe fopen and fwrite can make you do this with extra coding and management of file permissions.

Second: rewriting rules in .htaccess are concerning server configuration, I dont think there are functions in PHP responsible for configuring server behaviour. I am still looking for this and will give a feedback here.

Edit:

Look at these:

Edit .htaccess with PHP Jason Brumwell answer

Is PHP allowed to modify .htaccess file in current folder?

http://forums.devshed.com/php-development-5/editing-htaccess-with-php-552406.html

Good luck

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Apr 23 '13 at 00:12

Adib Aroui

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Thank you, if you could some how show me how through example code, I'd appreciate it. It would be of great help to me. – Adam Apr 23 '13 at 00:17
Thank you for the help, it is definitely helpful and useful to me. – Adam Apr 23 '13 at 00:24
Not at all, I hope you achieve the plugin and make it available on the web. Good luck – Adib Aroui Apr 23 '13 at 00:25

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