Cannot Read Flatfile in Private Directory

[Monotony]

Hello all.

I am a pretty green student of PHP and ColdFusion and have just finished writing a session management system in PHP using a simple .txt document to store usernames and encrypted passwords. When I attempted to place this file in the "/private" directory above the site root, my application cannot seem to read from the file despite allowing all privileges. Placing the file in a directory inside the site root and dropping a .htaccess file to protect it allows the application to access it, though. The above-root arrangement works just fine on my local test server, I might add.

What actions need to be taken for the file to be read from the private directory on my server space here? I would be extremely grateful for any help with this issue. Thanks!

[NexDog]

In PHP it's probably a simple Open_Basedir restriction. The error would tell you. If so then just ask tech support to open it up to allow httpdocs to read from /private.

[Monotony]

Thank you very much for the reply. Unfortunately, there is no error other than the fact that my site loses the ability to read from the file and thus is broken. I'll contact support and ask. Cheers!

[RobbieLePommie]

in the php, add the following lines:

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 'on');

This will dispaly the error message to you, andwillhelp with debugging.

(Take those off when the site goes live.)