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liquidweb/htaccess-validator
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Lint and validate Apache2 Htaccess files

v0.2.0(5y ago)450.0k↓100%[1 issues](https://github.com/liquidweb/htaccess-validator-php/issues)MITPHPPHP ^5.6||^7.0||^8.0

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Htaccess Validator (Composer Package)
=====================================

[](#htaccess-validator-composer-package)

This is a Composer package wrapper for [Liquid Web's Htaccess Validator script](https://github.com/liquidweb/htaccess-validator), enabling PHP applications to easily validate Htaccess files.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The easiest way to install the package is via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
$ composer require liquidweb/htaccess-validator

```

As the package uses Apache2 itself to validate, it must be available within your environment. [The Liquid Web Knowledge Base has instructions for installing Apache on most popular platforms](https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/install-apache-2-ubuntu-18-04/).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

There are two main ways to use the validator:

1. As a stand-alone tool via the command line
2. As a PHP library (requires `proc_open` to be available)

### Validating Apache2 configurations from the command line interface (CLI)

[](#validating-apache2-configurations-from-the-command-line-interface-cli)

The `bin/validate-htaccess` script accepts a configuration file for validation:

```
$ bin/validate-htaccess /path/to/some/file.conf
```

The script will return a non-zero exit code if validation errors were detected. [Individual codes are documented in the script's header](https://github.com/liquidweb/htaccess-validator/blob/develop/bin/validate-htaccess#L15).

### Validating Apache2 configurations within a PHP script

[](#validating-apache2-configurations-within-a-php-script)

The `LiquidWeb\HtaccessValidator\Validator` class serves as a wrapper around the `bin/validate-htaccess` script, enabling applications to validate Apache2 configurations programmatically.

There are two ways to instantiate the class:

1. Passing the full system path of the file under validation to the class constructor:

    ```
    use LiquidWeb\HtaccessValidator\Validator;

    $validator = new Validator($file);
    ```
2. Passing the configuration directly to the `::createFromString()` factory method:

    ```
    use LiquidWeb\HtaccessValidator\Validator;

    $validator = Validator::createFromString('Options +FollowSymLinks');
    ```

Once you have a Validator instance, you may validate it in two ways:

```
# Throws a LiquidWeb\HtaccessValidator\Exceptions\ValidationException upon failure.
$validator->validate();

# Return a boolean.
$validator->isValid();
```

#### Modifying the path to the validator shell script

[](#modifying-the-path-to-the-validator-shell-script)

By default, the library assumes that the `validate-htaccess` shell script lives in `vendor/bin/`.

If you're using a non-standard Composer configuration, you can explicitly specify the path by setting the `HTACCESS_VALIDATOR_SCRIPT` environment variable, either in your environment configuration or inline:

```
# Absolute system path to the shell script.
putenv('HTACCESS_VALIDATOR_SCRIPT=/some/path/to/vendor/bin/htaccess-validator');

# Will now use the Htaccess Validator script specified above.
$validator = (new Validator($file))->validate();
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

2

Last Release

1888d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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