Sindbad~EG File Manager

## No directory listings
Options -Indexes

## Follow symbolic links
Options +FollowSymlinks

## Enable rewrite engine
RewriteEngine On

## Uncomment if Joomla is in a subfolder:
# RewriteBase /

## Joomla SEF URLs
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

## Security: Block common exploits
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

## Block access to configuration.php and sensitive files
<FilesMatch "(configuration\.php|php.ini|\.htaccess)">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

## Disable directory browsing
Options -Indexes

## Prevent image hotlinking
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^https?://(www\.)?yourdomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [F]

## Enable Gzip compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/javascript application/json
</IfModule>

## Leverage browser caching
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 hour"
</IfModule>

## PHP handler (from your previous file)
AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php83 .php .php8 .phtml
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php83 .php .php8 .phtml
</IfModule>

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
# Set the “ea-php80” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php80 .php .php8 .phtml
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit