title: How do I prevent public access to php include files?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7704952/apache-prevent-users-from-accessing-include-files">APACHE, prevent users from accessing include files?</a>  </p>
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  <p>How do I prevent public access to php include files?</p>
  
  <p>Let's say that I have a header.php, footer.php, a folder with multiple include files and I don't want users to access them directly by typing the filenames in the address bar. What is the best way to prevent this?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for your help</p>