access files outside public_html folder

Question

I want to make some folder out of root directory ( public_html ). I have shared server linux with follow directory.

• /home/ mysite
  • access-log
  • etc
  • mail
  • public_ftp
  • public_html
  • tmp
  • www

and my site directory in my computer( wamp ):

• app
  • model
  • controller
  • view
• config
• public
  • images
  • css
  • js
  • index.php
• htaccess

I want public folder to be placed into public_html folder in server. 1)how can I include my code using relative paths?

and I have htaccess file that points all requests to that public/index.php in my computer.

2)Where should I put my htaccess in my Shared server linux ?

my htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

Answer 1

1. You need place all public file in public_html.
2. Move .htaccess to public html (that example not redirect to public/html only redirect to index.php and is fine)
3. if have absoulute path example "../public" change to "../public_html", if is relative path is fine
4. Move all other not public code in root folder.

You aplication must be running in this time.

Answer 2

Put everything in

/home/mysite

and configure your virtual host to use

/home/mysite/public/

as DocumentRoot. Put the .htaccess in

/home/mysite/public/

Answer 3

You can't traverse out of the document root using relative paths or rewriting in the htaccess file. You can include files from your php script ( index.php ). So what you can do is allow a request for something outside of public_html to be routed to index.php , then in php, load the file outside of public_html .