Quick help please

[lokeshshetty]

Hi,
I am all new to php, starting from today, got a free host that uses php mysql. now when i type in the url, say, [mysite.com...] it takes me to my index.php
however when i type in the url, say, [mysite.com...] (a folder) it displays all the images inside it.

Can someone please help me with this. All i want is when someone types in the url, like the one above they all should be redirected to an error page. my idea is to have them navigate thru links only on the website

any help on this is highly appreciated

[Jon_King]

CPanel?

Go to Index Manager...

The index manager will allow you to turn indexes on or off for a directory. If indexes are off, people will not be able to see what files are in a directory that lacks an index file.

[lokeshshetty]

hey Jon

It works wonders, thanks much
one more question, when someone tries to access a folder contents, now they get a 'Forbidden' message. Is it possible for me to redirect them to an error page of my own?

Cheers

[wilderness]

They get a 403-Forbidden because neither an index (html¦php) exists.

A simple solution is to just create an index page with a brief explantion that contents of this directory are not directly accessible.

[Jon_King]

Either what wilderness said, or in Cpanel you should find Error Pages options. You can set custom pages for:

400 (Bad request)
401 (Authorization required)
403 (Forbidden)
404 (Wrong page)
500 (Internal server error)

Added:
lokeshshetty Welcome to Webmaster World!

[edited by: Jon_King at 4:03 pm (utc) on Dec. 17, 2007]

[lokeshshetty]

Thanks a ton guys, that helped bigtime

Cheers