does a directory out of the web root need to be in the INCLUDE ini setting to be accessible?

**Jerry Stuckle** · Jan 2 '06, 04:05 PM

Re: does a directory out of the web root need to be in the INCLUDEini setting to be accessible?

NotGiven wrote:[color=blue]
> If you have a directory that is out of hte web root, do you have to incluid
> eit in the php.ini setting for INCLUDE for it to be useable by web pages?
>
> For example, if your directories look like:
> /files/
> /files/library/database_connec t.php
> /files/www/(website files here)
>
> Would a page in /files/www/ be able to access
> /files/library/database_connec t.php wihtout /files/library/ being in the
> INCLUDE setting of php.ini?
>
>[/color]

No. Any file on the system can be accessed by PHP subject to permission
restrictions.

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does a directory out of the web root need to be in the INCLUDE ini setting to be accessible?

does a directory out of the web root need to be in the INCLUDE ini setting to be accessible?

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