wp-admin/includes/misc.php:262Updates the htaccess file with the current rules if it is writable.
bool|nullfunction save_mod_rewrite_rules() { global $wp_rewrite; if ( is_multisite() ) { return; } // Ensure get_home_path() is declared. require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php'; $home_path = get_home_path(); $htaccess_file = $home_path . '.htaccess'; /* * If the file doesn't already exist check for write access to the directory * and whether we have some rules. Else check for write access to the file. */ if ( ! file_exists( $htaccess_file ) && is_writable( $home_path ) && $wp_rewrite->using_mod_rewrite_permalinks() || is_writable( $htaccess_file ) ) { if ( got_mod_rewrite() ) { $rules = explode( "\n", $wp_rewrite->mod_rewrite_rules() ); return insert_with_markers( $htaccess_file, 'WordPress', $rules ); } } return false;}Introduced in 1.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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