How to stop direct access to a specific folder?

Question

I have a folder in my website that is a kind of service. Other pages get data from this folder php files with ajax.

Now I don't want direct access to this folder or php files in this folder

Is there a way to do that?

Have you tried searching the web for something like "disallow folder access [INSERTHENAMEOFYOURWEBSERVERHERE]" ?! — brombeer, Jun 15 '18 at 06:22
Please check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9282124/deny-direct-access-to-a-folder-and-file-by-htaccess — Priya, Jun 15 '18 at 06:38
Right now I'm testing the application in my pc localhost but I want to upload the project to the host that has cPanel in the next few days — mohammad pakivand, Jun 15 '18 at 07:47
Any folder that you don't want direct access via the web then keep it outside of `document_root`. — Ryan Vincent, Jun 15 '18 at 09:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '18 at 10:48

If I understand correctly. you just want to deny access to the some folders?

You can put a .htaccess file in that folder that contains just:

deny from all

That way you cannot open any file from that folder, but you can include them in php without any problems.

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