prevent directory access

Question

I have this current directory structure

myproject
  --> application
  --> assets
  --> data
  --> scripts
  --> styles
  --> system
  --> .htaccess
  --> favicon.ico
  --> index.php

I store my users uploaded images, videos on the data directory, and it has this structure:

data
  --> 5
      --> thumbs
      --> user_images
  --> 6
      --> thumbs
      --> user_images
  --> index.html

I placed index.html to prevent directory access. I can do this to all the data subdirectories to have the same effect, however is there a way to have this handled by .htaccess? I tried Deny from all rule in the .htaccess but it also won't allow me to use my images in my system. All I want to achieve is to prevent directory access (when direct access from URL) from my data directory. How is that?

Answer 1

In your .htaccess, add the following line:

Options -Indexes

See the manual for further details.