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madewithlove/htaccess-cli
=========================

CLI interface for the best htaccess tester in the world.

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htaccess CLI
============

[](#htaccess-cli)

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A CLI tool to test how .htaccess files behave.

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

[](#installation)

To start performing analysis on your code, require htaccess CLI in Composer:

```
composer require --dev madewithlove/htaccess-cli
```

Composer will install htaccess-cli's executable in its bin-dir, which defaults to vendor/bin.

### Global installation

[](#global-installation)

```
composer global require madewithlove/htaccess-cli
```

Then make sure you have the global Composer binaries directory in your `PATH`. This directory is platform-dependent, see `Composer documentation `\_ for details. This allows you to use the tool as `htaccess` from every location in your system.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Run the .htaccess CLI tester from a directory containing a .htaccess file.

```
# using global installation
htaccess http://localhost/foo

# using project-specific installation
vendor/bin/htaccess http://localhost/foo
```

Where the url is the request url you want to test your .htaccess file with.

[![Output of the htaccess tester](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1398405/70325684-d8072600-1832-11ea-99f2-3182c0ac3906.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1398405/70325684-d8072600-1832-11ea-99f2-3182c0ac3906.png)

### Usage through Docker

[](#usage-through-docker)

```
# install the container
docker pull madewithlove/htaccess-cli

# run the htaccess tester in the current folder
docker run --rm -v $PWD:/app madewithlove/htaccess-cli [url]
```

### Usage as a GitHub Action

[](#usage-as-a-github-action)

Check  if you want to verify how .htaccess files behave in a GitHub Action.

CLI Options
-----------

[](#cli-options)

The following options are available:

```
-r, --referrer[=REFERRER]           The referrer header, used as HTTP_REFERER in apache
--http-user-agent[=HTTP_USER_AGENT] The User Agent header, used as HTTP_USER_AGENT in apache
-s, --server-name[=SERVER-NAME]     The configured server name, used as SERVER_NAME in apache
-e, --expected-url[=EXPECTED-URL]   When configured, errors when the output url does not equal this url
    --share                         When passed, you'll receive a share url for your test run
-l, --url-list[=URL-LIST]           Location of the yaml file containing your url list
-p, --path[=WORKING_DIR]            Path to the location of the .htaccess file you wish to test
-h, --help                          Display a help message

```

Usages with multiple url's
--------------------------

[](#usages-with-multiple-urls)

To test one htaccess file with multiple url's, you can use a yaml file that contains them.

```
- http://localhost/foo
- http://localhost/bar
```

If you want to pass an expected url for every url you're testing, you can use this yaml structure, where each url maps to an expected url.

```
http://localhost/foo: http://localhost/test
http://localhost/bar: http://localhost/test
```

You can then run the command using

```
htaccess --url-list ./url-list.yaml
```

Testing against a working directory
-----------------------------------

[](#testing-against-a-working-directory)

If you want to test for a `.htaccess` file outside of the current working directory, you can use the `-p ./path_to_directory` option in the command. For example,

```
htaccess -p ./html http://localhost/
```

### Note

[](#note)

The tool simulates only one pass through the server, while Apache will do multiple if you get back on the same domain. This is a feature we might still add in the future, but it's a limitation for now.

###  Health Score

62

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity86

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.4% 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 ~92 days

Recently: every ~484 days

Total

26

Last Release

106d ago

Major Versions

v1.11.0 → v2.02021-10-08

v2.0.1 → v3.0.02026-03-20

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.9.0PHP ^7.3|^8.0

v2.0PHP ^8.0

v3.0.0PHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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