Why should you avoid .htaccess files
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
In order to make Apache .htaccess work on your servers you also need to add the AllowOverride directive inside
The first of these is performance. When AllowOverride is set to allow the use of .htaccess files, Apache will look in every directory for .htaccess files. Thus, permitting .htaccess files causes a performance hit, whether or not you actually even use them! Also, the .htaccess file is loaded every time a document is requested.
If you are running a big site and you are concern about performance then you should start by removing .htaccess files and moving them to your config director.