How can PHP access a protected file using htaccess for data retrieval?

To access a protected file using htaccess for data retrieval in PHP, you can use cURL to make an HTTP request to the file while passing the necessary authentication credentials. This allows PHP to bypass the htaccess protection and retrieve the data from the file. 

<?php

$ch = curl_init();
$url = 'https://example.com/protected_file.txt';
$username = 'your_username';
$password = 'your_password';

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");

$response = curl_exec($ch);

if($response === false){
    echo 'Error: ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo $response;
}

curl_close($ch);

?>

Keywords

PHP htaccess protected file data retrieval access control.

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