How to block direct requests to php files in specified directory?

Question

I have a master folder where I hold all of my resources such as js, css, images, etc. called /resources/.

In /resources/, I have php files I include on pages of my website, however, they're currently directly accessible if entered into the browser.

Is there a way for me to use .htaccess in that directory to prevent direct requests to any files of certain extensions such as PHP? Hotlinking prevention isn't really what I'm looking for. I just need a way to kill any sort of direct request to these PHP files(in the /resources/ directory specifically) made by anything other than the website itself.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Add a .htaccess in your /resources/ folder containing the following

<Files ~ "\.php$">
  Order allow,deny
  Deny from all
</Files>

It should prevent access to all .php files