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Ryan
Ryan

Reputation: 121

Using absolute path for files outside public_html

I already did a lot of research on including files outside of public_html but none have been working, so that is why I am posting.

My file structure is like this:

>home
   >username
      >includes
         resources.php
      >public_html
         index.php

On index.php, I want to include resources.php so I have this:

include_once("/home/username/includes/resources.php");

However it does not work. If I change it to this for example (and also put another 'resources.php' in public_html) then it does 

include_once("/home/username/public_html/resources.php");

Why doesn't the absolute path using 'includes' work? How can I use an absolute path for files outside of public_html?

Thanks in advance, and sorry if this would be considered a duplicate (I couldn't find anything specific like this).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 876

Answers (2)

Terry Carmen
Terry Carmen

Reputation: 3896

It's very likely that the account the webserver & php runs as has no access to your home directory, so /home/username/includes/resources.php won't work.

You can check this with ls -l /home/username You'll probably see that the web server doesn't have any permissions to "includes".

If you check /home/username/public_html, I'll bet you find that the permissions do allow access by the web server, which is why it does work.

Upvotes: 0

imerso
imerso

Reputation: 511

For security reasons, PHP is usually restricted inside public_html, and has no access outside of that path.

Generally speaking, you should put all directories that you need access from PHP inside public_html, and also use relative paths.

Upvotes: 1

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