Re: Re: [PHP3] require

Another common technique is: <? require( $DOCUMENT_ROOT . '/some_path/under_the/docroot.inc' ); ?> And of course chowning the file/dir out of user-space ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lynch" <richard@zend.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:24 PM Subject: [PHP-GENERAL] Re: [PHP3] require > In article <4.3.1.0.20000607085138.00b152a0@mail.f-tech.net>, > farber@f-tech.net (Paul Farber) wrote: > > > Hello again all > > > > New issue, using a require() file to 'hide' username and passwords for db > > connects. > > > > Works fine if the required file is in the same dir, but pathing it out > > generates a cannot read file error. I tried full path, relative path, > > setting the include path in php.ini, nothing. The directory was chmod'd > > 777 as well as the file. > > > > What's the secret to requiring a file that needs a path? > > Altering the include_path in your php.ini should do it... > > Unless SAFE_MODE is restricting your access... > > If you can chown the file to nobody, but leave it in your web-tree, and > then chmod it 400 that might be sufficient... > -- > Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD > US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: > Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm > http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with > Zend, duh!) > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >