[UPHPU] include() outside root

[Dan Wilson]

> Is there a way to include() a file outside the document root from a 
> file that is referenced in several files, each in a different level of 
> the directory?

The __FILE__ constant and dirname() are your friends.

include (dirname(__FILE__) . '../path/file.php'); 

So for your example:

> /root/website/backend.php
> <? include(../config.php); ?>

include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../config.php');

So now config.php will always be found.  Basically this is making
relative paths work by translating them into absolute paths.

-Dan