Possible to use an .htaccess to block recursive .htaccess files?

[denyer]

eg, To use /dir/.htaccess to block /dir/uploads/.htaccess from being processed?

Or would this need to be done via <Directory> in httpd.conf?

Something like:

<Directory /var/www/html/dir/uploads>
php_flag engine off
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

Thanks for any help.

[jdMorgan]

I'd advise moving any code you don't want executed unconditionally out of the lower-level .htaccess files, and into either higher-level .htaccess files or into httpd.conf, conf.d, etc. -- if the conditions for execution can be determined and controlled in those higher-level files. Sorry for the general answer, but the details needed for anything more specific were missing.

Jim