.htaccess: prevent access to files and prevent directory browsing

Question

I want to prevent all file access and directory browsing for a directory without putting a .htaccess file in said directory.

For example, let\'s say this is in my root w

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite with

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

Append this to your .htaccess;

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^myframework/ - [F,L]