php - htaccess block php files except root files

Question

i have following htaccess code in order to block all .php files.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /[^?\ ]*\.php[/?\ ]
RewriteRule .*\.php$ 404.php [L]

but how i can block only files not in root.

example

mywebsite/index.php    -  don't want to block
mywebsite/go/go.php    -  want to block
mywebsite/en/en.php    -  want to block

Answer 1

Not sure how that isn't looping, but you want to change your matching regular expression to include at least 1 depth in your path:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /[^?\ ]*\.php[/?\ ]
RewriteRule ^[^/]+/.*\.php$ 404.php [L]

Also, see Marc B's comment.