> -----Original Message----- > From: Luke [mailto:tinmachin3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 7:16 AM > To: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Re: uploading file outside WEB Root > > Could you use a symbolic link? If on Linux 'ln -s /fpath/foldername'? > > Not sure how to do this on Windows > > 2008/9/1 Carlos Medina <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Angelo Zanetti schrieb: > > > >> Hi All, > >> For security purposes I would like to upload a file outside the > webroot. > >> > >> I have got this to work on my local dev machine but it doesn't seem > to > >> work > >> on the live server. ---8<--- snip AFAIK, there is no good way to accomplish this on a Windows system. You can map a network location to a drive, and you can even map a folder to a drive... but I've never seen any way to map something to a folder (or file). If there is a solution, it's probably a complex registry hack that MIGHT work with your version of Windows. You can make shortcuts to locations, and drag/drop/click those shortcuts as if they were the actual folder/file... but as soon as you get out of the GUI, Windows doesn't know what to do with them. As for uploading outside of your web root--it's possible. You just need to give apache/IIS/whatever-your-web-server-is the proper permissions for the folder in question. I would recommend making an "uploads" folder one level above your web root if possible. Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
