Deny access per extension in multiple locations

[António P. P. Almeida]

On 7 Out 2010 17h07 WEST, nginx-forum at nginx.us wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have this rule in apache that denies access to some extensions in
> multiple locations.
> I have this .htaccess in some folders like uploads, docs, pdfs.
>
>
> Order allow,deny
> Deny from all
>
>
> How can I join this in one line to deny access in multiple folders
> for these extensions?
>
> I was trying this without success:
>
> location ~ /(uploads/|docs/|pdfs/)*\.(php|cgi|pl|php3|php4|php5)$ {
> root /srv/www/portaldasviagens.com/public;
> deny    all;
> }

Oops I forgot the $ in the regex :( Here it is.

  location ~* ^.+\.(?:php[3-5]*|cgi|pl)$ {
          return 404;
  }
 
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