Link file not in the wwwroot directory

Question

is it possible to link files in my webserver outside the "wwwroot" directory using php. for example I have a php page and I want to link a file in the music files.

Answer 1

Can you link to them? No

Can you serve the files? Sure!

header('Content-Type: '.filetype(OUTSIDE_OF_WEB_ROOT_FILE));
readfile(OUTSIDE_OF_WEB_ROOT_FILE);
exit;