read file out of htdocs

[rahuul]

hi friends.....

 

I want to read file that is kept outside the htdocs folder & i want to read that file.

 

on localhost i works file but on server it doesnot read.

 

$cacert = file_get_contents('C:\\xyz\\abc\\test.txt');

 

but on server it is located in root folder so i changed code like this but didn't worked

$cacert = file_get_contents('/xyz/abc/test.txt');

 

pls help...................thanks

[rahuul]

i got it........... root was not having read/write permition