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Hi everyone,

I'm new in this and have just set up XAMPP 1.7 on my PC.

I have red the F.A.Q. and tried to search but havent find anything. I'm curious, how can i set folder permissions so the contents of a directory cannot be seen, or set up some additional options.

For example, i have made a new folder in htdocs folder called test. I access it with browser via address http://localhost/test/ and the contents of that directory can be seen in browser. How can i disable that?

dungeon keeper wrote:For example, i have made a new folder in htdocs folder called test. I access it with browser via address http://localhost/test/ and the contents of that directory can be seen in browser. How can i disable that?

simply add an index.html or an index.php file which can be blank or contain some text or even your site's home page.

Thank you

So now the contents cannot be seen, and php scripts cannot be viewed?

dungeon keeper wrote:So now the contents cannot be seen, and php scripts cannot be viewed?

The contents of a folder can't be seen but anyone who right clicks on any page served up in a browser and then select View Source can see the files contents after it has been parsed by the server, there is not much you can do about that.

Yeah i know that thank you