: "Invalid command 'php_value'" in .htaccess for WordPress site after switching hosts I moved my site which was on 00webhost to a new host. I set everything up but a 500 internal error shows

@Alves908

It's quite probable you've moved from a host where PHP was installed as an Apache module and is now configured as CGI/FastCGI. Instead of using php_value in .htaccess, you'll need to set these values in a .user.ini file instead. The format is the same as php.ini. (Some hosts also allow a local php.ini as well.)

The .user.ini file (note the dot prefix) goes in the document root of your site, just like .htaccess, but contains just the settings that relate to PHP.

For example, if you previously had something like the following in .htaccess:

# Include a PHP file on every request
php_value auto_prepend_file /home/dotcomwo/public_html/includes/config.inc.php


Then you would write this like the following in a .user.ini file:

; Include a PHP file on every request
auto_prepend_file="/home/dotcomwo/public_html/includes/config.inc.php"

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