I am new to web development and I am trying to understand how to protect certain files from user direct access.
I want to redirect all requests to "index.php" and give access to a file with sensitive information (such as an image) based on a certain condition (like the user’s credentials).
To do this, I have created an ".htaccess" file.
The path to "index.php", ".htaccess" and "image.png" is "C:\xampp\htdocs\project".
I also modified httpd.conf to "AllowOverride All" and the redirecting works fine.
The problem is that the relative path to that file does not work.
".htaccess":
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /project/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php
"index.php":
<body>
<?php
$routes = ["/project/image.png"];
$user_logged_in = true;
if(in_array($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $routes) && $user_logged_in)
echo "<img src=\"image.png\">";
?>
</body>
The image is not loading (broken image icon). How can I accomplish this?
Where can I find a beginner friendly documentation about this topic?
I modified the image path in many ways but nothing seems to work.
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