Re: [PHP] Advice on maintaining public and private files

I use Kim's solution and take it one step forward. Htacces files can get lost or 
corrupted, so....


In my  config file I have the text string.

//region******** htaccess file text ********
// Code writes to /db folder; Admin mode checks file existence and text; 
replaces with this if different.

$htaccessText = <<<hta
# Prevent Direct Access to MiniRegDB DB Files
<Files *>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Files>
hta;
//endregion

In my main control file I call this function

/**
* checkHTaccessFile()
*
* Checks and restores htaccess  Prevent Direct Access to MiniRegDB Program Files
*
* @param mixed $htaccessText in config file
* @return
*/
function checkHTaccessFile($htaccessText)
{
     if(file_exists(MINIREG_DATA_DIR . '.htaccess') && 
file_get_contents(MINIREG_DATA_DIR . '.htaccess') == $htaccessText) return true;

     file_put_contents(MINIREG_DATA_DIR . '.htaccess', $htaccessText);
     return true;
}


On 2/20/2010 4:05 AM, Kim Madsen wrote:
> Michael Stroh wrote on 19/02/2010 19:19:
>> I have a site I'm working on with some data that I want to be
>> readable by anyone, but some files that I want to keep hidden from
>> outside users. Here is an example of my file structure.
>>
>> /products/data1/item_1/data.txt
>  > /products/data2/item_2/data.txt
>
> since no one has suggested it then... if you're on an Apache webserver
> use a .htaccess file in data2 which contains:
>
> Deny from all
> Allow from none
>
> That will do the trick and PHP can still fetch the files in data2 and
> serve it to the user.
>