Protect the Folder using Apache and Access that File using PHP

HI, I want to protect only my documents folder in the Web server and I did by placing .htaccess file in that directory but how to access that file in my PHP开发者_Python百科 code.

Some Deny in a .htaccess file will no effect on PHP -- which means you can access the files in your folder wih PHP file-system functions.

to access the files you can use file_get_contents() or file() functions. There are many ways to access the files. is that what you looking for?