.htaccess blocking ONE file and Redirecting it?

[homebrewpcgaming]

Hello,

Ok, I have a file: downloadzip.php?id=WHATEVERNUMBER

I do not want this file to be hotlinked to (other PHP files are fine), so I only want that one file to be protected.

When someone hotlinks to downloadzip.php?id=WHATEVERNUMBER I want them to be redirected to showgame.php?id=WHATEVERNUMBER

What would I put in .htaccess?

Thank you!
Matthew Kremer

[wdillsmith]

If you have apache, you can use
Redirect 301 <old page> <new page>

Replace items inside brackets with actual values. Also, you typically have to use full path on the <new page> (i.e., http://...).

Keep in mind that if you do it this way you will not be able to access the file via http either. So you'll have to pull it down with FTP or something else.

Your other option would be to move it to a password protected directory.

[nasty.web]

Originally Posted by homebrewpcgaming

Hello,

Ok, I have a file: downloadzip.php?id=WHATEVERNUMBER

I do not want this file to be hotlinked to (other PHP files are fine), so I only want that one file to be protected.

When someone hotlinks to downloadzip.php?id=WHATEVERNUMBER I want them to be redirected to showgame.php?id=WHATEVERNUMBER

What would I put in .htaccess?

Thank you!
Matthew Kremer

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(.+\.)?yoursite\.com/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteRule downloadzip.php\?id=(\d+)$ showgame.php\?id=$1 [L]

You'll also need to replace yoursite\.com .