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Posted by John Gu
John Gu
6,891 Points

Accessing files outside of website directory

I have a directory structure on my server that looks like this:

home

/user

/simplang.com

/vendor

In the vendor directory, I have composer and slim installed. However, my website is in the "simplang.com" directory. How do I "reference" the files in the vendor directory?

1 Answer

Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
15,829 Points
Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
15,829 Points

I'd say the easiest answer is to just move your vendor folder into your site folder and reference it from your site directory. 

<?php
include 'vendor/fileINeed.php';
?>
John Gu
John Gu
6,891 Points

Will this break any of the dependencies in the vendor directory?