.htaccess

RewriteEngine on

# if a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/static/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php


# Compress text files
<ifModule mod_deflate.c>
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml application/xml application/xhtml+xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript
</ifModule>

# Expire headers
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresDefault "access plus 5 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 30 days"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 30 days"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 30 days"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 30 days"
  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 30 days"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 10 minutes"
  ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 10 minutes"
</ifModule>

# Cache-Control Headers
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
  <filesMatch "\.(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "public"
  </filesMatch>
  <filesMatch "\.(css)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "public"
	Header set Vary "Accept-Encoding"
  </filesMatch>
  <filesMatch "\.(x?html?|php)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "private, must-revalidate"
  </filesMatch>
</ifModule>

### this is not needed since the application is served from one server only
# Turn ETags Off
# FileETag None

<FilesMatch "\.(htm|html|css|js)$">
	AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
</FilesMatch>