PHP XML Get Error - php

Question

I wrote a PHP Application (that works) and I have moved it to a different directory. As a result it needs to get a file from a directory above it, but the file must remain hidden, ie:
Root
--config
---users.xml (Permissions 600)
--lib
----loginUtil.php
I have tried two different methods of getting the file:
$xml = file_get_contents("../config/users.xml");
Which returns the following Error:
[13-Jun-2012 08:54:04] PHP Warning: file_get_contents(../config/users.xml) [<a href='function.file-get-contents'>function.file-get-contents</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in public_html/test/lib/loginUtil.php on line 18
and
$xml = simplexml_load_file("../config/users.xml");
which returns
[13-Jun-2012 08:56:17] PHP Warning: simplexml_load_file() [<a href='function.simplexml-load-file'>function.simplexml-load-file</a>]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity
I have tried using the full URL, and that works, but I must then make the users.xml file public (as PHP is doing a URL Request).
What can I do to resolve this issue? (Thanks for your help)

Answer 1

try setting the full path and not the relative
$path = '/var/full/path_dir/file.xml';
if(!is_file($path)){
// if this is the is output then you need to check permissions
// double check the file exists also.
// check the web service can read the file
echo "FILE NOT FOUND FOR $path";
}
else{
$xml = file_get_contents($path);
echo $xml;
}