"/var/www/html" permission question

[Deepak Shrestha]

Hi,

is it ok to give full permission to regular users in "/var/www/html"
directory? or is this the way how it should be?

I am new to managing the apache server. Currently I am learning the
PHP which requires that I should be able to write in "/var/www/html"
directory to check my code and modify it. Right now I have given full
permission to all users in this directory so that I can have full
control over it.

My question is about security...what if this server is serving online?
Is it secure to do this?
I have tried apache's online documentation too but it doesn't say
anything about this stuff (more on server configurations and others).

Thanks