Apache htaccess: Block direct access to index.html in a folder

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I have the following code in my .htaccess ``` RewriteEngine On # block text, html and php files in the folder from being accessed directly RewriteRule ^content/(.*)\.(txt|html|php)$ error [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . index.php [L] # Prevent file browsing Options -Indexes ``` To block accessing txt, html, php files in the content folder. It works great and it blocks index.html if access the following URI ``` mysite.com/content/index.html ``` but it's not blocking the index.html content being displayed if it's omitted from URI like: ``` mysite.com/content/ ``` How to solve this problem? Thank you.

Accepted Answer

You need to disable the directory index, not blocking anything. Just add this to your .htaccess file:

```
DirectoryIndex none.none
Options -Indexes
```

First line is to tell apache not to serve the "index.html" in case of a user navigates to the folder. More info at DirectoryIndex doc.

Second is to tell apache not to show the content of the folder, because there is no default file to show (First line disable it)

Apache htaccess: Block direct access to index.html in a folder

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