PHP include file in webroot from file outside webroot

Question

I have a php file outside my webroot in which I want to include a file that is inside the webroot.

folder outside webroot
- > php file in which

Answer 1

I put the secured data in the file named conn.txt,

and then I used the following PHP command:

$DbInfoFile = "../conn.txt";

Answer 2

Try prepending a trailing slash to your full path, so it looks like

include('/home/xx/xx/domains/mydomain/webroot/file-to-include.php');

Otherwise, it will be interpreted as a relative path.

You could also try to change the dir into the webroot and see if this works - for debuggign purposes:

chdir("/home/xx/xx/domains/mydomain/webroot");
include "your_file.php";

Answer 3

This should work

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']/home/xx/xx/domains/mydomain/webroot/file-to-include.php

And make sure you have access to that level.

Answer 4

Full path should be:

include('/home/xx/xx/domains/mydomain/webroot/file-to-include.php');

Or you should set the path like:

include(__DIR__ . '/../webroot/file-to-include.php');  // php version >= 5.3
include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../webroot/file-to-include.php');  // php version < 5.3

Answer 5

Have this in a common file, shared by all your php sources outside the webroot:

<?php

  define('PATH_TO_WEBROOT', '/home/xx/xx/domains/mydomain/webroot');

And then use the following to include files.

<?php
  include (PATH_TO_WEBROOT.'/file-to-include.php');

If the location of your webroot changes, you will only have to change that once in your code base.

You can configure php to automatically prepend a given file to all your scripts, by setting the auto_prepend_file directive. That file could for instance contain the PATH_TO_WEBROOT constant, or require_once the file which contains it. This setting can be done on a per domain or per host basis (see the ini sections documentation).

Also, consider using the autoload feature if you are using classes extensively.