[RESOLVED] PHP Authentication code

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I put is as such in my apache2.conf:

<VirtualHost *:8029>
    ServerName "Mine"
    DocumentRoot /media/space
</VirtualHost>

<Directory "/media/space">
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?request=$1 [L]
</Directory> 

I then put the files index.php and secret.txt in the folder /media/space. If I access my site (site.com:8029) I see the contents of my php file.

If I access the secret file (site.com:8029/secret.txt)
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I SEE THE CONTENT OF THE INDEX.PHP FILE!!! Thank you so much! I'll find a way to do all the nice neat programming around this now.

Oh, BTW. Just thought I'd mention for any newbies that read this thread some time, I had to include a module to use the code kows provided. The module is called Rewrite and in linux you can add it to apache by doing the following i a terminal:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Thanks again Kows!