http file access and php sessions

m0rph

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If a site has php session's in place to enforce authentication/authorization to pages on the site which are implemented in php, how does the same logic enforce access to certain files. Lets say a repository of files in a directory. So /var/www/html/ is protected via authentication however, this PHP authentication logic won't prohibit a user from simply going to http://site.com/someDirectory/fileIShouldNotAccess.txt and pulling that file.How do you couple the php session and authentication with apache to enforce this type of behavior?
 
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