include () path prob

[Anon]

I am using a hosting service for my PHP/MySQL solution but they do not provide an \'include_path\' option for PHP scripts. Given the sensitive nature of the scripts, I do not want them in the regular doc directories so I have a password protected dir. Can someone suggest a way to establish a permenant path to that dir that does not use php.ini.

Thanks

[Anon]

I believe you can give absolute or relative paths in an include() command.

include("/usr/you/www/private/page.php");
include("../private/page.php");

etc...

does it give you errors if you try to included a file in this password protected directory? I'm not sure how that would work out.

Another option might be to place the file outside of your web root, then use a relative path to include it. This way no one can access it through a web browser.

HTH

---John Holmes...