diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index c6edbee98f..b1d25f2436 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
-memory_limit = 32M
-max_execution_time = 60
-register_globals = Off
-magic_quotes_gpc = Off
-magic_quotes_runtime = Off
-upload_max_filesize = 16M
-session.use_trans_sid = Off
-session.gc_probability = 1
-session.gc_divisor = 10
-mbstring.func_overload = 0
+#
+# Set
+#
+# AllowOverride FileInfo
+#
+# to enable parsing off this file
+#
+php_flag file_uploads on
+php_flag log_errors on
+php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
+php_flag magic_quotes_runtime off
+php_flag register_globals off
+php_flag short_open_tag on
+php_flag track_vars on
+php_flag display_errors off
+# E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT = 8191 - 8 - 2048 = 6135
+php_value error_reporting 6135
+php_value max_execution_time 90
+php_value memory_limit 256M
+php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 14400
+php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
+php_value post_max_size 65M
+# session handling: now the check for expired sessions is done on every 10th session creation
+php_flag session.use_trans_sid Off
+php_value session.gc_probability 1
+php_value session.gc_divisor 10
+# multibyte extension: needed for utf-8
+php_value mbstring.func_overload 7