Important: #105244 - Updated default .htaccess template
See forge#105244
Description
When installing TYPO3 for the first time, a .htaccess file is added to the
htdocs / public path, when running TYPO3 via Apache webserver.
Next to some TYPO3 optimizations, this file mainly contains rules (via the
"mod_rewrite" Apache2 module) for pointing all URL requests to non-existent
files within a TYPO3 project to the main index. entry point file.
For new installations, this file has some changed configuration, which can be adapted to existing TYPO3 installations reflecting a default setup:
URL requests within /_ and /fileadmin/ are not redirected,
as they contain resources either managed by editors or TYPO3 itself.
The directory /_ is added now, as it has been in place since TYPO3 v12 for
Composer-based installations.
The folder /uploads/ is officially not needed anymore since TYPO3 v11, and
not maintained by TYPO3 anymore. This folder is now removed from the .htaccess
configuration as well, so TYPO3 pages can officially have the URL path /uploads
now.
It is recommended to change this in existing TYPO3 installations as well - also
with other server configurations such as nginx or IIS - in case no
custom usage of /_ or "/uploads/ is in effect, like via a PSR-15
middleware, custom extensions, or custom routing.
In Apache-based setups, look for this line:
RewriteRule ^(?:fileadmin/|typo3conf/|typo3temp/|uploads/) - [L]and replace it with
RewriteRule ^(?:fileadmin/|typo3conf/|typo3temp/|_assets/) - [L]