Re: [PHP] files outside of the web tree

2011-04-27 Thread Joshua Kehn
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jim Giner wrote:
I have managed to build include files and store them above my public folder 
 and the called pages manage to find them from the public folder and properly 
 include them. My problem is with the html src= attribute. I have uploaded 
 photos to be included in my web pages and I didn't want them in the web 
 tree so I moved them above it also. I use php to get the root folder's name 
 and then I add ../photos/ to the filename's path, but now my tags can't 
 find them. Can I not do this? 
 
Nope, static elements need to be stored in a web accessible directory. If you 
could access things by saying `../` then that would defeat the purpose of 
storing things where they aren't accessible.

Regards,

-Josh___
Joshua Kehn | josh.k...@gmail.com
http://joshuakehn.com




Re: [PHP] files outside of the web tree

2011-04-27 Thread Jason Pruim


Jason Pruim

On Apr 27, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Joshua Kehn josh.k...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Jim Giner wrote:
 I have managed to build include files and store them above my public folder 
 and the called pages manage to find them from the public folder and properly 
 include them. My problem is with the html src= attribute. I have uploaded 
 photos to be included in my web pages and I didn't want them in the web 
 tree so I moved them above it also. I use php to get the root folder's name 
 and then I add ../photos/ to the filename's path, but now my tags can't 
 find them. Can I not do this? 
 
 Nope, static elements need to be stored in a web accessible directory. If you 
 could access things by saying `../` then that would defeat the purpose of 
 storing things where they aren't accessible.
 

Actually it is possible but not the way he was doing it...  Look at dispatch 
model scripts I believe. 

Those (if my memory is correct) will allow you to serve files the way you are 
wanting to. 



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