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For security, my file structure has two branches and is set up like this. the common root is called "base". Web access available only to public_html and below.
base/secured/secure_images
base/public_html/working_dir/images
A little background, I am simply trying to access some images outside of the webroot by using a script which reads the image file as binary and uses passthru() to show it on the screen. It works like a charm when the image and page (show_image.php) are in the web accessible directory, but nce I try to get to them through another page, nothing works.
ANYWAY...
I have a page called "base/secured/member_page.php"
member page has a php include() to another file called "base/secured/stuff.php". "member_page.php" accesses "stuff.php" with the line:
<?php
include("stuff.php");
?>
No path, no nothing. Works fine. *** I have never changed the include path in my php.ini ***
now, when I want to access an image from "base/public_html/working_dir/images" in "member_page.php" I simply write:
<img src="images/image.gif">
and it appears. My question is this...
how can member_pages.php access two pages in two entirely different branches of my directory tree without moving up a directory? I have looked at the files, there are no duplicates or anyhting...
Shouldn't one path have to include a little "../../whatever"?
I am sorry if this is so stupid, it has had me stumped for days. It is really preventing me from accessing files outside the root, which I need to do for security purposes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for helping a n00b.
member_page.php is accessed through the web by using an include statement in a file called...
base/public_html/working_dir/home.php
All the script does is instruct the server to send <img src"wotever.jpg"/> to the browser, it doesnt tell the server which image it is on about it tells the client.
Make sense?
