Include PHP file from another linux account – CPanel

It is fully possible to access php files located in other parts of the hard drive than where the site is run. However, this depends on two things. First of, the web user needs read permissions for the file, and you need to define the root folder where that php file is located as a accessable folder for the website.

Setting file permissions for the file can be done with:

chmod +R 775 /home/user1/public_html/config.php

Defining the accessible folders for PHP depends on wether you are running Apache or Nginx.

In Nginx for example:

fastcgi_param PHP_ADMIN_VALUE "open_basedir =$document_root:/tmp:/usr/local/lib/php:/var/www/vhosts/yourdomain/httpdocs/:/home/user1/public_html“;

In Apache:

Apache readme

Now you should be able to require the file like you normally would require any file:

require('/home/user1/public_html/config.php');