Only allow GET request with htaccess

.htaccessapache-2.2

How should I allow only GET request to access all the files and script from my server using htaccess?

My web server is Apache

Best Answer

You may also want to have a look at the Apache Limit and/or LimitExcept directives. Rewrite rules give you the opportunity to put up a custom error page though.

I believe something like this might work:

<LimitExcept GET HEAD>
  Order Allow,Deny
  Deny from all
</LimitExcept>

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Using a .htaccess file to block .htaccess files being loaded to subdirectories

The lower .htaccess rules will override parent directories' .htaccess files. Apache climbs up the directory tree from root and builds the configuration tree from the .htaccess found in each directory, and later changes to the configuration override prior settings.

/var/www/.htaccess

/var/www/html/images/.htaccess overrides

/var/www/html/images/subdir/.htaccess overrides

I do not think that .htaccess files can restrict lower .htaccess files, but you might think about disabling .htaccess files (AllowOverride None) and doing your configuration at the server level, or create a dummy .htaccess file in the lower directory and restrict it's modification with file permissions.

How to allow only specific directories to use htaccess

You can specify an arbitrary amount of Directory tags and configure them independently.

You can do this by VirtualHost too.

Like:

<Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from all
</Directory>

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