禁止直接访问.htaccess中的.php文件

Question

I want to prevent direct access to php files to prevent bot attack

It is completely shut down with the following htaccess code. it didn't work for me

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php[\ /?].*HTTP/ 
(.*)\.php$ /index.html [L] 

Answer 1

If you want that just the server has access to your php files you can use this:

<Filesmatch "\.(php)$">
    Require local
</FilesMatch>