how to access file from outside public folder public_html ? or subdomain folder

[sever3d]

how to access file from outside public folder public_html ? or subdomain/addon domain folder nested in public_html/domain. com folder

 

example:

I want to download file file_i_want_to_download.swf from index.php where is user access validation to that file

 

folders :

 

/public_html

    /files

        file_i_want_to_download.swf

    /addon_domain.com

        /some_folders

        index.php

 

 

[Ken2k7]

You can use absolute paths or just do ../files/file_i_want_to_download.swf. If the latter doesn't work use direct paths. I think even a direct URL would work in this case.