htaccess - how to allow access to specific file from site/modules

[breezer]

Hello all, hope everyone's holiday season has been delightful ?

Is there a way to allow a specific .php file to be accessed from site/modules ( which is protected via htaccess )?

I have an ajax file manager which integrates into a ckeditor front end instance which works fine as a .html file, but if accessed through url or in the ckeditor and user has no permission it still shows the user interface ( although all buttons are disabled ). If I rename it to .php I can kill the process and output an informational message.

As a .php file the following directive in htaccess forbids it due to it residing in my module folder.

# Block access to any PHP files in /site/modules/
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^|/)(site|site-[^/]+)/modules/.*\.(php|inc|tpl|module|info\.json)$ [OR]

This is the current url:

/pwire30118/site/modules/Xforum/assets/fileman/dev.html

This preferred:

/pwire30118/site/modules/Xforum/assets/fileman/dev.php

If anyone can help it is greatly appreciated, my eyes are bleeding from reading htaccess articles...
 

[BitPoet]

Before you start tweaking your .htaccess (which might be problematic if you want to share your module), how about copying the dev.php to site/templates in your module's install method and creating a dedicated page for it?

[breezer]

Yes sir I already tried to use a dedicated pw page but without rewriting the all the code it just wont work. After a little more thought I decided not to modify the htaccess since what I'm wanting to do is just for looks basically.

Thanks and I believe this is resolved. ?