Dynamic IP .htaccess blocklist?
apache, blacklist, ip
Solution
According to the Apache docs, it doesn't seem to be possible to read values from a text file.
However, you could `include` a configuration file containing the IP addresses. They would have to be in Apache's conf file format, though.
This should work:
order Deny,Allow
include conf/IPList.conf
Allow from all
It's even possible to `include` whole directories, even though it's not recommended.
Problem
Is it possible to block users from IP adresses with a dynamic file-based blocklist? So, suppose the .htaccess looks like: ``` order Deny,Allow Deny from 123.156.0.1 Deny from 10.0.0.10 Allow from all ``` Can this list be made dynamic, for example: ``` order Deny,Allow [include Deny list here] Allow from all ``` Another option would of course be to fix it with PHP, but it is preferable to let Apache handle this.