What are the best practices for protecting directories with .htaccess in PHP?

To protect directories with .htaccess in PHP, you can restrict access to specific directories by setting up rules in the .htaccess file. This can help prevent unauthorized access to sensitive files and directories on your server. 

# Protect directory with .htaccess
<FilesMatch "\.(htaccess|htpasswd|ini|phps|fla|psd|log|sh|inc|bak)$">
  Order Allow,Deny
  Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

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.htaccess directory protection PHP authentication authorization

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