Question

Is it possible to protect a single URL through .htaccess? For example I will have website.com/index.php?skin=name. Can I password protect only this url? (with no PHP changes, only .htaccess)

website.com/index.php or website.com/index.php?skin=other_name should not be restricted.

Answer 1

You can rewrite the address to protect it like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/index\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^skin=(name)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /skin/%1 [PT]

<LocationMatch "/skin/name">
     AuthType Basic
     AuthName "By Invitation Only"
     AuthUserFile /path/to/passwords
     Require valid-user
</LocationMatch>