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Advanced .htaccess security and block access using .htaccess file

By: Mahesh Yadav|In: Coding & Programming|Last Updated: May 1, 2012

Block access to files using htaccess 1. Block access to .htaccess file Add the following code block to your htaccess file to add an extra layer of security.Any attempts to access the htaccess file will result in a 403 error message.Your first layer of security to protect htaccess files involves permissions via CHMOD to 644.…

By: Mahesh Yadav|In: Coding & Programming|Last Updated: May 1, 2012

Definition of .htaccess Regex Characters & htaccess regular expression special characters # The # instructs the server to ignore the line. It is used for including comments. Each line of comments requires its own #. When including comments, it is good practice to use only letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores. This will help eliminate/avoid…