php.ini and .htaccess file
Both php.ini and .htaccess file is the configuration file.
php.ini:
It is a configuration file for php setting. It is a special file by which you can make changes in PHP settings. php.ini file provide many setting such as changing of the default max_execution_time = 30, error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE, file_uploads = [on/off] etc.
.htaccess:
It is the configuration file for server settings. With the help of the .htaccess file, you can make changes in server settings. It is supported by several web servers, including the popular Apache software which is used by most commercial web hosting providers. These files were first used to control user access on a per-directory basis. It is used to control a couple of things such as error handling, enabling SSL, IP blocking and IP whitelisting, URL redirects and URL rewriting, etc.
