Php Include File Outside Of Public_html

[erisande]

Hello!

 

I have a file called "functions.php" in the public_html directory and I want to include the file named "secure.php" located in the top most directory of my account. In functions.php I have tried to enter:

>include "/secure.php";

But it doesn't seem to work. Also tried:

>include "/home/mysite/secure.php";

to no avail. Please help out a brainless geek, please?

 

Thanks!

 

PS: Maybe I don't need to do this. My goal is to make the script to connect to the database secure so no one else can see it. If you have other ideas on this, please let me know!

Edited December 22, 2005 by erisande

[TCH-RobertM]

You might want to try

include("/home/mysite/secure.php");

 

Hope this helps

[owatagal]

Does the code work correctly if you put the secure.php file in your public_html folder -- that is, are you certain this is a problem with the include path and not the code? (Not that I've spent hours staring at an include path only to discover the code itself was to blame, or anything...