CODE EXAMPLE FOR PHP

.htaccess Preventing access to your PHP includes files

## Enable Mod Rewrite, this is only required once in each .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
## Test for access to includes directory
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9} /includes/ .*$ [NC]
## Test that file requested has php extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^.+.php$
## Forbid Access
RewriteRule .* - [F,NS,L]