public function createHtaccess()
    {
        $start = "### SILVERSTRIPE START ###\n";
        $end = "\n### SILVERSTRIPE END ###";

        $base = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
        $base = Convert::slashes($base, '/');

        if ($base != '.') {
            $baseClause = "RewriteBase '$base'\n";
        } else {
            $baseClause = "";
        }
        if (strpos(strtolower(php_sapi_name()), "cgi") !== false) {
            $cgiClause = "RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]\n";
        } else {
            $cgiClause = "";
        }
        $rewrite = <<<TEXT
# Deny access to templates (but allow from localhost)
<Files *.ss>
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Files>

# Deny access to IIS configuration
<Files web.config>
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Files>

# Deny access to YAML configuration files which might include sensitive information
<Files ~ "\.ya?ml$">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Files>

# Route errors to static pages automatically generated by SilverStripe
ErrorDocument 404 /assets/error-404.html
ErrorDocument 500 /assets/error-500.html

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

    # Turn off index.php handling requests to the homepage fixes issue in apache >=2.4
    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
        DirectoryIndex disabled
        DirectorySlash On
    </IfModule>

    SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
    RewriteEngine On
    $baseClause
    $cgiClause

    # Deny access to potentially sensitive files and folders
    RewriteRule ^vendor(/|$) - [F,L,NC]
    RewriteRule ^\.env - [F,L,NC]
    RewriteRule silverstripe-cache(/|$) - [F,L,NC]
    RewriteRule composer\.(json|lock) - [F,L,NC]
    RewriteRule (error|silverstripe|debug)\.log - [F,L,NC]

    # Process through SilverStripe if no file with the requested name exists.
    # Pass through the original path as a query parameter, and retain the existing parameters.
    # Try finding framework in the vendor folder first
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)$
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule .* index.php
</IfModule>
TEXT;

        $htaccessPath = $this->getPublicDir() . '.htaccess';
        if (file_exists($htaccessPath)) {
            $htaccess = file_get_contents($htaccessPath);

            if (strpos($htaccess, '### SILVERSTRIPE START ###') === false
                && strpos($htaccess, '### SILVERSTRIPE END ###') === false
            ) {
                $htaccess .= "\n### SILVERSTRIPE START ###\n### SILVERSTRIPE END ###\n";
            }

            if (strpos($htaccess, '### SILVERSTRIPE START ###') !== false
                && strpos($htaccess, '### SILVERSTRIPE END ###') !== false
            ) {
                $start = substr($htaccess, 0, strpos($htaccess, '### SILVERSTRIPE START ###'))
                    . "### SILVERSTRIPE START ###\n";
                $end = "\n" . substr($htaccess, strpos($htaccess, '### SILVERSTRIPE END ###'));
            }
        }

        $this->writeToFile($htaccessPath, $start . $rewrite . $end, true);
    }