title: Redirect access to .htaccess to another file
body: <p>I was playing around with .htaccess files and I was wondering, completely out of curiosity, is it possible to redirect access to the .htaccess file itself to another file?</p>
  
  <p>Example: </p>
  
  <p>User goes to <code>http://www.example.com/.htaccess</code></p>
  
  <p>I want the user to be redirected to <code>index.php?foo=bar</code></p>
  
  <p>I've tried the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Redirect 301 /.htaccess /index.php?foo=bar
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteRule ^((?s).*)$ index.php?foo=bar [QSA,L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>These methods work on any other file, but the <code>.htaccess</code> file itself always results in a <code>403 Forbidden</code> page showing up.</p>
  
  <p>Is this possible? If not, then why?</p>