关闭浏览器上的目录列表

Question

I want to close one of my directories public access on my PHP server but at the same time same directory should be still accessible, so what I want to do is when user types that directory from browser like stackoverflow.com/directory they will see it closed/empty but when they want to access a file under that directory like stackoverflow.com/directory/file.php they will be able read and submit form on it. Any ideas how can I do this?

Many thanks

Answer 1

Another method, using .htaccess file in the root

Options -Indexes

Now if a folder does not have an index.html/php file the server will respond with a 404 file not found error and send people your error page. Rather than a directory listing denied using the previous method.