I know how it works, I just want to know the error (or warning you get)
example:
*Warning*: Failed opening ... for inclusion
(include_path='.:/php/includes:/usr/share/php') in */var/www/... *on
line ...
Also check if your $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] really corresponds to real
filesystem path,
for example on my system $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is /www/htdocs, but
/www/htdocs is only
a symlink to /var/www/html, so I need to put sensitivedata.inc.php into
/var/www/html.
You might also have safe mode restrictions in effect.
rolf vreijdenberger wrote:
this is how it is done:
include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../sensitivedata.inc.php');
explanation:
suppose i have a file:
www.mydomain.com/file.php
on the server it could be :
/home/sites/site168/web/file.php
this file wants to include a file with sensitive data, (or just download
some other files ) that should not be in the root (accessible via the web)
so I store this files in this directory, one higher than the doc root
/home/sites/site168/
like this
/home/sites/site168/sensitivedata.inc.php
it is now inaccesible via the web in a direct way, but not indirectly,
through other php scripts.
you include it in the way described above:
include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../sensitivedata.inc.php');
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
quote php manual The document root directory under which the current script
is executing, as defined in the server's configuration file.
hope to have helped you all
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