Add content to start of all requests

Add content to start of all requests - .htaccess files are extremely useful in many cases for users who either do not have root permissions or for users who simply aren't comfortable in making changes in their web server's configuration file. Trying to debug .htaccess not working isn't always the easiest thing to do, however, hopefully by checking the discuss below mentioned about htaccess, html, configuration, , .htaccess common problems as well as the troubleshooting tips, you'll have a better grasp on what you may have to modify to get your .htaccess file running smoothly.Problem :

In a .htaccess file or another server configuration file, is there a way to add content to the start of all requests, for example:

index.html

World!

.htaccess or another server configuration file

# Fake code
addContent("Hello");

And then when you visit index.html you will read

Hello World

Solution :

In .htaccess you can add this

# Prepend the file
php_value auto_prepend_file "/path/to/header.php"

# Append file to bottom of page
php_value auto_append_file "/path/to/footer.php"

If you are the person who has 100% control of the site this may not be a problem, but if others come in later they may tear some hair out trying to work out where the content is coming from

Additionally, if you would like to do some further testing, give the htaccess tester tool a try. It allows you to specify a certain URL as well as the rules you would like to include and then shows which rules were tested, which ones met the criteria, and which ones were executed.