if you have /var/www/html/ defined as documentroot, as you mentioend then outside is anything outside the directory html/ so /var/www/php/ could hold all your php files, and be outside the docroot.
JAson "Aaron Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When you say "outside of the webroot" do you mean. Can you give me an > example. The root of my web is in /var/www/html/. Thats where you are > taken when you punch in my domain. Currently I have a directory called > /test/ which is protected by .htaccess but it is inder the > webroot.../var/www/html/test/ So far under this config I cant get it to > work, but I'm not sure if I'm still under the webroot in my config. Do I > need to move my test directory to lets say /var/www/ or even /var/? > > Thanks again, > > Aaron > > "Torsten Roehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Aaron Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I hate to sound ignorant, but how do I get a file out of a .htaccess > > > protected directory without logging in again? You cant use the normal > > > syntax of http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED] anymore. Microsoft "fixed" > that > > > "bug". > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Aaron > > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > because you are accessing a file via PHP from your *local* file system it > > doesn't matter if the directory is protected or outside of the webroot. > PHP > > has access to the file (if read privilege is set). The protection is just > to > > deny public access. > > > > Take a look here: > > http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.http.http-download.intro.php > > > > Hope this helps, Torsten > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
