How to block the visitor from downloading my php files

[Jason200784]

I have put all my php files in a directory. But If the vistor get the name of the php files, they can download all of them. I want to block the visitor from downloading all the php files. What should I do to make it?

Thanks in advance!

[jdMorgan]

In the php-files directory, add this to your .htaccess file, or create an new .htaccess file in that directory with the following lines:

Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all

This directory will then become inaccessible via HTTP. You will still be able to invoke scripts by "including" them on your pages, but no direct HTTP requests will be allowed.

Jim

[Jason200784]

thanks. very helpful

[Patrick Taylor]

What do you mean by 'downloading the files'? Surely they can't download the actual php scripts? They can only download what the scripts generate on the server.

[edited by: Patrick_Taylor at 10:15 pm (utc) on May 31, 2008]

[jscjso]

I have a similar concern.

I have all my .html, .pl, and data files in the domain directory and its sub-directories. Anyone can find out the filenames and sub-directories pathnames of all these by viewing the source of the browser display.

Can people view or copy my data files and script files?

[g1smd]

Worse than that, they may be able to "run" small parts of your scripts and inject malicious values into some of your variables.

Protect the folder form access and from indexing.