How can .htaccess be used to set the default character encoding for PHP scripts?

To set the default character encoding for PHP scripts using .htaccess, you can add the following line to your .htaccess file: AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 This line tells the server to send the "Content-Type" header with the specified character encoding for all PHP scripts served by that directory. This ensures that the correct character encoding is used for displaying text on the webpage.