How can i restrict the image Folder using .htaccess in codeigniter

Question

i had codeigniter project that contain the image folder and i want to make it unreachable from direct url access suppose some one enter url

http://localhost/project/images/Pricelistupdated.pdf

then it will be directly open in browser tab without login so i want to make it disable . when user login and click on download link only that time file will be download and open in new tab . either it can not open when anyone enter direct url in browser i used following

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?projects/project/ [NC] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?projects/project/.*$ [NC] 
RewriteRule \.(pdf|PDF|jpg|png|gif|PNG)$ - [F]

but this code also disable the download and open in new tab functionality

Answer 1

If you create a extra folder that can't provide codeigniter framework by default.

Step-1

• create a .htaccess file in project root directory.

Step-2

save this code in the htaccess file that provide in bellow:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /Project_name/
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|css|js|robots\.txt|favicon\.ico)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

Step-3

• if already exist htaccess file in root. just add the line of code in your old .htaccess file. as per follow Step-2 example

  Options -Indexes

Now check it.

Answer 2

You should follow this link How to restrict access to files in a folder in codeigniter

As post described, you need to deny all direct access to your files and read it through controller while user is logged in using authentication.

Answer 3

Very Simple! You can try this! Just create an htaccess file with below code:-

Options -Indexes

Keep this file into your image folder. Then Check..