How to hide certain file type using apache .htaccess?

Question

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What is the simplest way to 40x prevent access to a specific file extension through out the

Answer 1

You can also deny access to file extensions using RedirectMatch directive :

RedirectMatch 403 ^/.+\.(php|html|gif)$

This will return a 403 forbidden error for clients if they request any uri that ends with .php or .html or .gif . You can add more extensions to the pattern using a bar | .