Re: [PHP] hacks we should know about

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Alexander Skwar wrote:

> So sprach »Seb Frost« am 2001-08-21 um 18:25:08 +0100 :
> > I don't host my own site so how can I put include files outside of the web
> > root?  I log on ftp and my top level IS the web root (htdocs), I can't go
> > any higher.
>
> In this case you can't.

    Dumb question: Can't he create a new folder under his web root (let's call
it 'incs') and setup an .htaccess file that denies requests to files within
that?

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