Exclude one folder in htaccess protected directory
Just create an .htaccess file in the subdirectory with the content:
Satisfy any
According to this article you can accomplish this by using SetEnvIf
. You match each of the folders and files you want to grand access to and define an environment variable 'allow' for them. Then you add a condition that allows access if this environment variable is present.
You need to add the following directives to your .htaccess.
SetEnvIf Request_URI "(path/to/directory/)$" allow
SetEnvIf Request_URI "(path/to/file\.php)$" allow
Order allow,deny
Allow from env=allow
Satisfy any