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I've recently set up my first commercial website for someone, with godaddy hosting.

I want to set up a 403 forbidden on several directories (and their contents) that are referenced to through php only (e.g. /includes, /txt).

How can I set this up firstly so it's forbidden, and secondly, so it redirects to a custom page?

Also on godaddy I can't seem to get to the root of my server, it simply takes me to the 'html' folder, but I believe the .htaccess file is located at a higher-level directory. How can I access this?

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Create an .htaccess file in the directory you wish to block, or your root HTML directory if you want this to affect your entire website. Place this code inside:

# Block includes if they have a .inc.php extension. Change
# that to match whatever extension you use for your includes.
<Files *.inc.php>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Files>

# Block access to .txt files
<Files *.txt>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Files>

# Create a custom page for all 403 errors
ErrorDocument 403 /misc/403.php
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  • hi - I don't use .inc.php for includes, I just use .php. - is it not possible just to deny all files/folders in x directory?
    – Alex Coplan
    Sep 30 '11 at 20:36
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    Sure just use the code I have you, remove the .inc part and place it in your includes directory.
    – John Conde ♦
    Sep 30 '11 at 20:37

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