Protect Files in httpd.conf

I would protect the *.inc Files for reading, so that i can access only by my php-scripts.

With the Apache Option:

<Files ~ "^.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

I can protect the .ht* Files for reading.
But I added the following Option:

<Files ~ ".inc">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

to protect all *.inc Files for reading. Now i have the problem that i can't read i from with my php-scripts. Can anyone help?

Thanx
pwluky

The thing is simple if you now how it works...

>>Now i have the problem that i can't read i from with my php-scripts.

You can't protect it when using "include". "fopen", you can.