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[bfva]

Happy new year everyone

My questions is how do i access images stored outside the public_html folder?

i have tried doing <img src="/home/user/images/hello.jpg" /> but this didn't work as the image didn't load. I looked at the image URL in the browser and saw it was

http://www.mywebsite...mages/hello.jpg

I don't know why the image link became like that.

Thanks for your help

[rc69]

The url ended up like that because browsers work from the document root, not the server root. It's a security thing.

In order to access files that reside outside of public_html, you need to create a script (i.e. PHP) to load and display the image for you. You also must be careful when doing this. If you're not, you could create a huge security hole.

[bfva]

Thanks for your help, i'll use an absolute url instead, to avoid creating a security hole lol