Hi all
Relatively simple question here. Is there any way I can protect a directory from prying eyes by visiting the directory directly (like www.mysite.com/files) while still maintaining functionality for all other things that refer to files within that directory via HTML or PHP?

I know it has to be some .htaccess thing...

Gracias

You're right, .htaccess will do this. Google "protect directory .htaccess" .

Good luck

Alternatively, you can just throw a blank index.html into the directory.

To add a little to the .htaccess solution...

In order to disable a folder from listing it's content on browser, simply create a .htaccess file in the folder and
place in the following code :-

Options -Indexes

This instruct webserver to disable the directory listing if there is no default index file (i.e. index.htm, index.html etc.) present in the folder.

Originally Posted by Moxxnixx

Alternatively, you can just throw a blank index.html into the directory.

Wow. It's so surprising how you can forget the most simplest of things. Thanks a ton everyone!