.htaccess how can i allow access to pages only through the index.php page

Question

In my folder i have

index.php user.php header.php writer.php footer.php

i want the user to access index.php only and links to the other.php pages are in index.php

if user enters header.php in address bar he get forbidden error.

Thanks

Answer 1

Remove those files from the Root folder. and place them in a folder not accessible to the user.

index.php stays in the root.

example: html is the root folder accessed by http://example.com

/var/www/html/index.php

and the other files go in a seperate directory not accessible through the url.

Example:

/var/www/includes/user.php
/var/www/includes/header.php
...

you can access those files with the include going back one directory. Example

index.php
<?php

include '../includes/users.php';

?>

This will make your website more secure.