Update .htaccess with custom content

.htaccess

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+# Enable mod_rewrite
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# PHP settings for better performance and database handling
+<IfModule mod_php7.c>
+    php_value max_execution_time 300
+    php_value memory_limit 256M
+    php_value max_input_time 300
+    php_value post_max_size 64M
+    php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
+    php_value default_socket_timeout 300
+    php_value mysql.connect_timeout 300
+    php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 14400
+</IfModule>
+
+<IfModule mod_php.c>
+    php_value max_execution_time 300
+    php_value memory_limit 256M
+    php_value max_input_time 300
+    php_value post_max_size 64M
+    php_value upload_max_filesize 64M
+    php_value default_socket_timeout 300
+    php_value mysql.connect_timeout 300
+    php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 14400
+</IfModule>
+
+# Redirect /index to /
+RewriteRule ^index$ / [R=301,L]
+
+# Remove trailing slash if it exists (in subfolders)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /$ 
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]
+
+# Redirect requests with .php to clean URLs
+RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php[\s?/] [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
+
+# Handle subfolder requests and remove .php extension
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /$1/$2.php [L]
+
+# Remove .php extension internally (but allow it to be accessed without .php)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
+RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ $1.php [L]
+
+# Custom error pages
+ErrorDocument 404 /404.php