.htaccess
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The .htaccess file is a Apache specific file for per directory configuration. This file can be placed in any directory overriding default Apache configuration for this directory and subdirectories if it is allowed by "AllowOverride All" in httpd.conf .
On a phpMyAdmin installation you can use this file to prevent access to ./libraries/ directory and use URL rewriting to access db and table via nice URLs: http://test.org/phpMyAdmin/db/table . You can also change some php settings like error_level or session.save_path (without the need to restart the web server).
