How do I run index.php in a private folder from index.html

Question

I have a website that has a root html at index.html. I want to redirect index.html to a php file in a private folder one parent above to run an index.php. This file would then render the html content that I need depending on the request. How would I go about this process of getting the index.php from the index.html. The file structure looks like this:

private/
   -index.php

public_html/ 
   -index.html

Answer 1

Try to use this meta code in your index.html

 <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url=/private/index.php">

It's an html redirection actually.

If this doesn't work, try to hook in htaccess