display image above root directory

[hyeteck]

hi,

 

Is it possible to display an image that is above the root directory using php?

 

for example if i have an image in /home/user/uploads/test.jpg and lets say my root directory for my site is /home/user/public_html/

 

is it possible to display test.jpg on /home/user/public_html/index.html ?

 

i am trying to create a secure file upload script and i think not having the file be directly accessed by the public is one of the main steps.

 

[wildteen88]

You could try using ../upload/ as the path, eg:

<img src="../uploads/image.jpg">

 

../ means go up one level higher in the directory tree.

[dsims]

I know this topic is old, but yes you can serve images from above the webroot,

You can use .htaccess to get the rewrite the path to the image file or you can use a file that imports the image with get i.e. http://thiswebsite.com/image.php?image='imagename"

then in the image.php file

you can include the image file with the proper header.

set the $imagePath= '/what/ever/the/path/is/';

$imagPath .= $_GET['image'];

header(<whatever header you need or setup logic to get the header from the ext>);

include_once $imagePath;