The site has a text file site.com/php/contacts.txt . If you open this file in a browser, then the entire text of the file is visible. How to close access to the file so that you can view it only on the server, but not through a browser?

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    Using the .htaccess file, you can do this as follows:

     RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^php/contacts.txt$ - [R=404,L]
    • Does this option work only if the PHP folder is in the root? - Frontender
    • This one - yes. Only if the folder is at the root. - user194374
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      more confusing way: place the file above the root. to do this, you may have to edit the code (if the code somehow contacts this file). - root_x Povierennyy
    • RewriteRule ^ page / php / contacts.txt $ - [R = 404, L] ??? - root_x Povierennyy
    • For some reason, victorpavloff.tmweb.ru/php/contacts.txt does not work for me even at the root - Frontender

    Using the .htaccess file, you can do this as follows (Version 2):

     <Files php/contacts.txt> Deny from all </Files>