[RESOLVED] include path 101 - outside the webroot folder

[firecircle]

How do I include files that are outside the web root?

My two websites came with these default folders:
/cgi-bin/
/www/example.ca/
/www/example/
/www/example2.ca/
/www/example2/

How do I include files from from folder /example/ ?

I am adding in some database functions, so I will need to put my library folder and config.php files somewhere secure. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I gather that these shouldn't go in the /example.ca/ folder, but in the /example/ folder instead. How do I do that?

($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) puts me in the /example.ca/ folder.

[laserlight]

quote=firecircle puts me in the /example.ca/ folder.[/quote]
So $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']/../example is your /www/example folder.

[firecircle]

Thanks once again, laserlight, I didn't know you could do that.