PHP protect a folder

Question

I need to secure a folder. Website was done in PHP. There is an admin area with files like PDF, DOC… so; I cannot protect these files with session variable. Is there a way i

Answer 1

You can put your files behind the viewable area(before public_html) and with a session protected download page, download the files.

Obviously, there need to be some extra changes but that is the part you requested.