# Enable rewrite engine
RewriteEngine On

# Set the base directory for rewrites
RewriteBase /

# Redirect all requests to index.php except for existing files or directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L,QSA]

# Set default character set
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

# Enable PHP error logging
php_flag log_errors on
php_value error_log /path/to/your/error_log.log

# Disable directory listing
Options -Indexes

# Set security headers
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
    Header set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
    Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
    Header set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
</IfModule>

# Prevent access to sensitive files
<FilesMatch "^\.">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

