How to invoke a php file that is located outside public_html
Im creating a website and i am very OCD when it comes to security so i heard that if you store all of your .php files outside of your public_html folder and invoke them with another .php file that is inside your public_html folder then your risk of an attack is lower. Is this true, if so how would i do this. I read something about using .htaccess but I'm not sure if that was the correct way to do it. I though i could maybe use include but im not sure how include works with parameters. There isn't a huge amount of extra protection offered by this strategy. Mainly, it ensures that if your server