protecting stylesheet

[Debar]

i have been moving my config.php as well as other sensitive files outside my webroot, and then calling them in via include. I wanted to do the same thing for .css files, in my template I link to my .css via <link href="mystylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

so what i did was change the link to reflect the absolute path to a folder outside my webroot. However that does not seem to work. I wonder if I can call it in via an include. going to head off and try that, but just in case does anyone know why the link doesnt work, or have another option from protecting my stylesheet.

thanks

[Weedpacket]

Well, it doesn't work because you've forgotten the difference between a file path and a URL. Once it's outside the web root it's no longer accessible by a URL - that's the point.

Yes, your include idea will work - call a script that reads the CSS file out. Put a Content-Type header of text/css above it so the client knows it's CSS.

No, don't bother. For your CSS to be of any use to anyone, the client has to be able to download it. Once they've done that, they've got it. So what's the point of trying to stop them from downloading it?