Php File outside of root

[csw]

Hello!

I am having a small problem and I am hoping someone can help.


Basically, I have a php file that I do not want to be accessed by the public, so I would like to put it above the public_html folder.

I have read that it is possible to do this; however, I am having some trouble linking to the file.

If I have test.html in the public_html folder, and I am trying to link to a file that is in the same directory as public_html, what would my path look like? "/../myhiddenphpfile.php" does not seem to work.


Thank you in advance, I have full server admin to my directadmin.

 

[Suurbier]

You should use the absolute path of your PHP file
/home/user/domains/users.com/public_html/ etc.

 

[scsi]

The webserver cannot go outside of documentroot theres no way its gonna work.

 

[csw]

Thanks for the replies guys.


I have been googling like crazy and I keep coming up with examples like this
http://www.joomlaworld.org/joomla-security/move-the-configuration-files-outside-of-publichtml.html

From what I can gather, that only works if you are calling a file in that way? (So it would not work if you were calling a file via my first example?)


Thanks in advance

 

[zEitEr]

Use include, include_once, require or require_once to include a php script.