php - How to enable .htaccess in apache2 (ubuntu 18.04)

I'm trying to use .htaccess on my project on apache2 using ubuntu 18.04. The tutorials I saw said that I have to change apache2.conf as:

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all denied
</Directory>
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To:

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all denied
</Directory>
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After change it, I make my own htaccess on project but it doesn't work. I want browser prevent user to go backward and browsing project directories and my computer directories using URL ../../../../

Ex: localhost/project/index.php/../../../../

How can I use my .htaccess in my project?, knowing that there is no default .htaccess file ! And how to prevent user for browsing directories using ../../ in url ???

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