Can I make a dynamic .htaccess file?

Question

Can I make my .htaccess be generated with php?
I would like to use php to dynamicly create my htaccess file from information from the database.
It would save me the

Answer 1

You definitely can generate your .htaccess with PHP if you had a backend script to do it - say in your admin area. But it seems risky and potentially unnecessary? if something goes wrong, your site will be down until you fix it - that potentially means the page you're using to generate it. Why not just create an interface that generates the new rules for you from a database, then you can have a quick look over and copy them in?

What exactly is it that you're trying to update?